North Korean soldier is shot while defecting across DMZ, South says

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    Link: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/1...ot-while-defecting-across-dmz-south-says.html

    Another person shuns the last, and greatest bastion of true Communism/Socialism in the world. I'm trying to remember if I've ever heard of a South Korean soldier defying death to defect to North Korea....

    Surely, if socialism has the great appeal that many Americans believe it does, there would be a solid stream of people trying to get into North Korea every day! :banana:

    [​IMG]. For decades, so many people have voted against Socialism -- with their FEET!
     
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    Many more would defect if not for reprisials against their family who were left behind
     
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    I don't know which is a bigger cancer on humanity, communism or Radical Islam.

    I'd love to see a serious debate on this issue at an American college. Can you imagine the response from antifa?
     
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    You may see such a discussion hosted at a private college or university, but, in a state-supported university or any "public" university? Not a chance!
     
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    Actually it was the fact that it took them 25 ****ing minutes to identify that someone crossed their border, gun shots were fired and they finally found him. What kind of **** show security are they running over there?
     
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    Biggest cancer is organized religion, and that includes the North Korean regime, where its glorious leader is deified.
     
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    North Korean soldier shot trying to escape across DMZ...
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    North Korean soldier shot in escape attempt across DMZ
    Nov. 13, 2017 -- A North Korean soldier was shot by Pyongyang forces on Monday while trying to escape through the de-militarized zone between North and South Korea, officials said.
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    November 13, 2017 - A North Korean soldier shot while defecting to the South has undergone several surgical procedures and is in a critical condition, South Korea’s government and military said on Tuesday, with doctors expecting to save him.
     
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    They always think that they will get it right this time. Meets the definition of crazy talk.
     
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    The other North Korean guards that were on duty at the time this guy escaped should have gone with him, because following usual NK procedures in such matters, now THEY'LL be shot... for letting him escape! :skull:
     
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    I agree. However as someone else already noted, there are probably reprisals against the families of those who try to escape.
    That would deter me from escaping & leaving family & friends in misery.
    I would think that the only way an entire family could escape NK would be via boat at night but I imagine the coast lines are just as heavily guarded.

    The only thing we, in the democratic West (with its flaws) can do is appreciate & work to prevent the erosion of our freedoms at home: I.e. "gun control", "hate speech" etc

    I wonder what the North Koreans are having for Thanksgiving Dinner? (or their pitiful equivalent)
     
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    country ruled by hereditary dictatorship where most people engage in market activities regularly and where people work for wages is a socialist utopia. k.
     
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    So North Korea isn't a socialist state in your opinion?
     
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    it's not even my opinion, it's objective fact at this point. they fail to live up to any educated standard of socialism and gave up on even claiming to be socialist years ago
     
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    Weird, because they consider themselves to be a revolutionary socialist Government. Maybe your no-true-Scotsman knows better?
     
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    they also consider themselves to be a democratic people's republic. turns out people are full of **** sometimes.
     
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    Socialist Governments usually end up like that. Not so great for the people, despite the promises offered by people like you trying to set them up.
     
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    governments are bad is the problem
     
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    But you'll need a Government to enforce the kind of system you advocate for.
     
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    you consistently have no clue what i advocate for
     
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    Sure I do, communism. Not even Karl Marx believed it was possible to go from capitalism to communism. That's why he advocated socialism which was to be a intermediary state to get the population geared towards communism. Problem is, that will never happen. It runs contrary to human nature, which is why a big Government would be needed.
     
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    Liberals always need big government to impose their wacky ideas on the rest of us
     
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    It's natural to shoot at defectors. Otherwise, there will be a mass exodus to South Korea.
     
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    North korea is the political system liberals dream of for America

    From each, to eac ect

    Whats wrong with thise stupid commies who want to leave?
     
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    No. Korean defector has parasites likely due to poor diet...
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    Injured defector's parasites and diet hint at hard life in North Korea
    November 17, 2017 - Parasitic worms found in a North Korean soldier, critically injured during a desperate defection, highlight nutrition and hygiene problems that experts say have plagued the isolated country for decades
     
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    North Korea defector video shows getaway under fire...
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    North Korea defector regains consciousness, video shows getaway under fire
    November 21, 2017 - North Korean border guards were only steps behind a fellow North Korean soldier when they opened fire and one briefly crossed the border pursuing the wounded defector as he dashed to the South Korean side, a video released on Wednesday by the U.N. Command (UNC) in Seoul showed.
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    November 21, 2017 - When Kim Jong Un sat down in September to order the sixth and largest of North Korea’s nuclear tests, Hwang Pyong So sat by his side, his khaki military uniform conspicuous among the suits at the table, photos released by state media at the time showed.
     

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