Bad Korea! No iPod for you!

fawkes · Postby **fawkes** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:14 pm

So basically, it's a trade ban for electronics so the leader of North Korea can't have them. Nice.

http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?c ... =itn_ipods

mr_thebrain · Postby **mr_thebrain** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:16 pm

for those who want a direct link to the article...

kind of a funny idea. doubt it will work and hope it doesn't make communication even worse.

also... having a hard time picturing Kim Jong Il on a jet ski.

fawkes · Postby **fawkes** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:21 pm

It's the same page...

mr_thebrain · Postby **mr_thebrain** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:22 pm

k but your link didn't work for me.

fawkes · Postby **fawkes** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:25 pm

Oh, sorry.

mr_thebrain · Postby **mr_thebrain** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:32 pm

it's kool.

it's an interesting article. i dont' think it will work. but it's an interesting concept for dealing with annoying countries. he either has the stuff already, can get it illegally, doesn't care, or can get substitutes. the best bet is that it will piss him off, and still won't deal with us.

fawkes · Postby **fawkes** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:37 pm

It just seems like the most passive-aggressive thing we can do to deal with this guy. I mean, didn't he break the law (Geneva Convention? I can't remember) by building and testing those nuclear weapons? Apparently no one wants to look bad by saying anything, so we're going to stop giving them iPods. Brilliant.

eriador · Postby **eriador** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:02 pm

It's a standard sanctioning move. Blah.

hive_king · Postby **hive_king** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:15 pm

We should open up free and expanded trade to north korea, to help spread our influence and undermine his with his subjects. (things that can be used to make nuclear weapons, of course, excluded).

Ithilien · Postby **Ithilien** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:41 am

Well, we'll just have to see which toy he likes more: his nukes or an iPod. And it doesn't really affect anyone else but him. Its not like the iPod (delicious as it sounds) is edible.

Personally, I am in thorough support of trade sanctions. And hive_king, do you mean "fair trade"?

Qing_Jao · Postby **Qing_Jao** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:29 pm

They're doing stuff like this so that we can get food and stuff to the people in that country who are having to eat tree bark to survive. That way missionaries and workers with NGOs aren't breaking the law by feeding hungry people. That's my understanding, anyway.

fawkes · Postby **fawkes** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:15 pm

More weird news:

http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/ind ... edrivethru

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