tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147417.post4838194872516710017..comments2023-04-14T05:46:15.904-04:00Comments on GW North Korea: Let's all go on a trip to North Korea!Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07842044872387705911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147417.post-69134042264759473572007-06-18T16:25:00.000-04:002007-06-18T16:25:00.000-04:00"I am dying to get a look inside the country at so..."I am dying to get a look inside the country at some point!" I'm sorry, but upon further reflection this comment was just too much for me. <BR/><BR/>Many North Koreans have risked a very literal death to get the heck out of that country. Its an extremely oppressive totalitarian socialist state, not Disneyland.Tom Faleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176569642762585032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147417.post-32402906187329781642007-06-18T16:01:00.000-04:002007-06-18T16:01:00.000-04:00I had planned to criticize the tone of this post, ...I had planned to criticize the tone of this post, but instead decided to respond with a link to a news story published by the Christian Science Monitor in December of 2004. It chronicles the writer's trek along the same route to the Diamond Mountains mentioned in the initial post, and I think more appropriately reflects the mood of such a journey.<BR/><BR/>Here it is. It is titled, "Welcome to North Korea. Rule No. 1: Obey all rules." http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1202/p11s01-trgn.html<BR/><BR/>Respectfully, TomTom Faleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176569642762585032noreply@blogger.com