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- The guy looks very youthful for someone raised in prison and malnourished his first 23 years. Nice teeth and a full head of hair with no gray showing. And to crawl over a body that was laying on an electric fence without getting shocked then traverse a few thousand miles in a foreign country where he doesn't speak their language and was sure to be sent back if he was caught... amazing!
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- For those requiring additional witnesses, there is a horrific account of a North Korean govmt employee, falsely accused, who is sent to one of these camps for years and becomes like an animal before she escapes.It is called "The Eyes of Tailess Animals" by Soon Ok Lee.
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- In US prison camp, we pamper the criminals. In N. Korea prison camp, they "punish" the criminals. Isn't it what prison is for? to punish instead of pampering?
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- I am an amateur African American genealogist. In wathing the Shin interview Sunday night, it occured to me that Shin's description of his experiennce as a prisoner sounded a lot like the slaves's in America.
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- I am intrigued by how he circled around China not knowing the language, and probably when he first set foot there, not even knowing that there was such a thing as another language. Though I am sure he learned cunning and survival techniques in jail, he still had to be somewhat out of it even, if he is a quick study.
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- Cooper is more rich than Mitt ever dreamed of, for what it is worth. He has no connection to the average person, other than the occasional doorman, or taxi driver he tips. Why can't CNN hire a "real" "regular" person who can connect. I agree , SNARKY.
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- I am not surprised people are surprised about the existence of these camps. Stuff like this happens all the time, but people in America refuse to believe it. There are certainly places like this in Russia, Burma, and especially China. Hell, you can look online and see people murdering people on websites easily accessible by any lay computer user. A new one pops up every day in Mexico, Brazil, the middle east... beheadings, shootings, rape... look for yourself. It's sad but the sooner you come to know the sooner you can make a change.
Also, Anderson Cooper, stop mocking this guy. He talks about a serious issue and Anderson Cooper makes snarky observation about the man's notion of "freedom" (talking about when he snarks at the guy wanting to eat some chicken). Pathetic. - Reply to this comment
- Mr. Anderson Cooper, I'm surprised that you said you had *never* heard freedom expressed as the freedom to eat. You must *not* be familiar with the Eleanor Roosevelt quote: "The freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat."
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- Finally someone is talking about the evil being done in North Korea and China as well. Though China is better, there are still political prisoners there as well. I pray CBS will continue with this investigation.
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- It's frustrating to watch shows like this that studiously ignore the connection between the forced "equality" of North Korea and its people's misery. We have a lot of people in this country running around talking about the 99% vs the 1%, and how we need to have a government that takes more from some to give to others.
It isn't just a coincidence that the very same political philosophy appears in the Constitution of North Korea.
Look it up sometime. It talks a lot about how "the workers" are supposed to be in charge of everything, how everyone is guaranteed free food, free healthcare, and so forth. Governments that promise you "free" stuff inevitably steal your freedom.
We absolutely MUST learn this lesson, or we will eventually see a generation of Shins here in the United States. - Reply to this comment
