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[IronyOwl]

Hehe, "brigandish." I like that word.


In more sober news, further crackdowns on defectors or possible defectors doesn't sound good.

[MaximumZero]

I'd really like to meet whoever writes their propaganda. The abuse of the phrase "human scum" alone warrants a punch in the face, let alone the propaganda itself.

[LordSlowpoke]

I'd really like to meet whoever writes their propaganda. The abuse of the phrase "human scum" alone warrants a punch in the face, let alone the propaganda itself.

best korea is so glorious, the unbiased news articles write themselves

[MaximumZero]

I'd really like to meet whoever writes their propaganda. The abuse of the phrase "human scum" alone warrants a punch in the face, let alone the propaganda itself.

best korea is so glorious, the unbiased news articles write themselves

Then my mission is clear. Punch North Korean news itself.

[Xantalos]

I'd really like to meet whoever writes their propaganda. The abuse of the phrase "human scum" alone warrants a punch in the face, let alone the propaganda itself.

That's the aliens.

[Guardian G.I.]

Poor North Korean translators can't keep up with lexical and grammatical changes of the English language because of the isolation.

The Soviets had that problem too. Most of their English language publications were full of archaisms. I've seen some of my dad's English textbooks, which were printed in the late 1970s and feature lexicon and grammar from the 1930s or the 1940s. (for example, one of the texts was titled "A walk about London")

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I've heard walk about used a few times. Mostly by the British.

[Guardian G.I.]

My dad told me that his school sent their senior classes and their teachers on a tourist trip to Great Britain once. It turned out to be a giant embarrassment for the teachers: all the people they've met in Britain laughed at them every time they tried to talk in English.

[Lagslayer]

Anyone still think we shouldn't just bum rush NK and get it over with?

[Loud Whispers]

My dad told me that his school sent their senior classes and their teachers on a tourist trip to Great Britain once. It turned out to be a giant embarrassment for the teachers: all the people they've met in Britain laughed at them every time they tried to talk in English.

Well that doesn't sound very British. We've especially got protocols for this kinda stuff from the large amount of Frenchies too embarrassed to speak English in case they speak it poorly. And to fix that, the British do the same thing with French. OI YEAH TU JAIME LE FROMAGE M8

[IronyOwl]

Anyone still think we shouldn't just bum rush NK and get it over with?

I'll admit it's a more tempting option than any other unpleasant place I can think of, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be a horrifying mess with a lot of unpleasant connotations regarding sovereignty and so on.

Actually, I think I'd just quote Sun Tzu and say that without a coherent, agreed-upon plan for just how that'd go down, post-Kim era especially, it remains a horrible, horrible idea.

[Devling]

Sun Tzu said that?

Is Sun Tzu a highlander?

[misko27]

Zun Tzu said that, and he knows a little more about invading North Korea then you do pal because he invented it! And then he perfected it so no Korean could best him in the ring of Honor!

[Morrigi]

We need to put something with the power of a MOAB onto a missile, then launch a few hundred of them into Pyongyang. Problem solved.

[MaximumZero]

We need to put something with the power of a MOAB onto a missile, then launch a few hundred of them into Pyongyang. Problem solved.

There would be a...large number of innocent civilians in the way. It's not their fault that their leadership is insane/horrible/both.