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In reply to the discussion: NKorean soldier defects to SKorea across border [View all]Proles
(466 posts)57. To those against this NK officer killing fellows officers, I suppose you'd think it'd be inhumane
for a Jewish man to kill a couple Nazi officers to escape Germany?
After all, those Nazis had families, and were only following orders.
Now, granted, there are differences in these two scenarios, but the underlying principle is the same. This man wanted freedom from North Korea. If I were born in an impoverished, starving, hermit nation that put all its money into the military (honestly, I doubt this man even wanted to choose to serve in the military. I think its mandatory service over there), I'd sure as hell be desperate to escape too.
Return him to North Korea for justice? May as well phrase that to say, "return him to North Korea to be tortured."
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There are crossroads that are safe. Some North Koreans even work in South Korea.
joshcryer
Oct 2012
#40
May he be kept safe and find his way in what is going to be a very different world
gtar100
Oct 2012
#3
That's beside the point. I have no doubt that the majority of soldiers follow orders.
Arrowhead2k1
Oct 2012
#8
When it's either you or me who gets to live, and your job is to kill me, I choose me.
Ikonoklast
Oct 2012
#10
I don't know, you don't kill your fellow humans in that way without considering it.
joshcryer
Oct 2012
#38
We had one that liked to post pictures of smiling North Koreans as proof that
msanthrope
Oct 2012
#64
I suppose you weren't too pleased with Soviet defections to the west, either.
LanternWaste
Oct 2012
#72