Sentenced to 12 years in slave concentration camp

L Gilbert

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What are your thoughts on Gitmo or Bagram or any of the other estimated thousands of American torture camps? Thousands have been processed through these facilities and I can't recall your protests, but two halfwit dirt collectors get caught tresspassing and you're all righteously bent.
Probably because you do enough squawking about it for 50 of us. lol Besides, I doubt you'd remember anyone else squawking. lol
 

L Gilbert

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The only thing we know is what we're fed. .......
Exactly, NK SAYS the girls were caught in NK. The NK has been known to go as far as Japan to kidnap girls and bring them to NK. SK isn't very freakin far from NK. So does anyone really know the girls were ACTUALLY on NK soil? Doers NK has "No Trespassing" signs up every 50 feet along the border? Seems to me, subjecting a couple people to 12 freakin years of stalag-type conditions is pretty harsh for a minor infraction like unintentional trespass, if that's what it was.
 

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No, they didn't have to. On the other hand, his Mickey Mouse outfit don't have to treat people thewy way they do. No crime outside of torture, mass murder, mass rape warrants the crimes that Il and his ilk pull. The gov't traffics in women, Morgan. Get a grip.
So bitching and moaning about a couple of young girls doing something adventurous and making a mistake is simply intolerant and heartless.


So... The gvt traffics in women, do they? Got a link that conclusively confirms this statement or is it super-extra-top-secret-classified? Hell, why didn't these women just call up you and Kreskin to get these answers.. They could have saved themselves a 12 year holiday in N.Korea.

Talk about getting a grip... You and Kreskin somehow have this belief that these women didn't do anything, in any manner that even remotely invites any element of responsibility in this event.

'Til that day comes, you 2 can rail at all the inequities in life and how poor, wee little (insert name of victim here) isn't to be held responsible for anything that they've done...

The big irony in the very argument that you feel is appropriate to absolve these 2 women from assuming responsibility fro their actions could be used by Kim Jong Il to absolve him of his actions.... But I'm guessing that your logic will conveniently change when it comes to him.
 

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Captain, why don't you show us some proof that these women actually crossed into NK territory? You demand proof from everyone else so why don't you put up.
 

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Saw this in a doc:

There's a small building which straddles the border between North and South Korea. Inside is a table where the various govt. reps go to discuss shyte.

Two NK guards are placed at their door, and two SK guards at theirs.

The SK guards are told never to enter the building alone, as some have been snatched by the NK's.............

Given that, I can believe the NK's might have snatched the ladies from the SK side of the border, but, can it be proven? If it can, they should be released.

If, however, they boogied on into NK, knowing their ass was grass if caught, well; sorry, yer doin the time. Which they probably won't as they will probably die long before 12 years is up.

The NK's are gonna push it a bit too far sometime, and there might be just a smoking crater north of the 38th. Too bad millions of innocents will die; faster than they are now, being starved, etc.

If they start chucking nukes around, hope "we" get the first one in.8O
 

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I'm so ronery, so ronery.
 

Kreskin

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So... The gvt traffics in women, do they? Got a link that conclusively confirms this statement or is it super-extra-top-secret-classified? Hell, why didn't these women just call up you and Kreskin to get these answers.. They could have saved themselves a 12 year holiday in N.Korea.

Talk about getting a grip... You and Kreskin somehow have this belief that these women didn't do anything, in any manner that even remotely invites any element of responsibility in this event.

'Til that day comes, you 2 can rail at all the inequities in life and how poor, wee little (insert name of victim here) isn't to be held responsible for anything that they've done...

The big irony in the very argument that you feel is appropriate to absolve these 2 women from assuming responsibility fro their actions could be used by Kim Jong Il to absolve him of his actions.... But I'm guessing that your logic will conveniently change when it comes to him.

I'm of the opinion that no matter what they did it is not an excuse for a government to commit crimes against humanity. You're of the opinion that you don't need evidence to justify a government practising crimes against humanity. It's you that needs to get a grip.
 

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I'm of the opinion that no matter what they did it is not an excuse for a government to commit crimes against humanity. You're of the opinion that you don't need evidence to justify a government practising crimes against humanity. It's you that needs to get a grip.



Crimes against humanity?... What a joke... Go back and read any article on this subject and compare that to YOUR interpretation thereof....

All of the articles I've read suggests these women will be sequestered in 'labour camps'... Somehow, in your mind, that translates into 'torture camps'.. From torture camps, it morphs into camps rife with 'crimes against humanity' including, but not limited to rape.

Let me ask you this Kreskin: Exactly - I mean exactly - how do you know this? Have you personally spent time in a North Korean labour camp? Have you ever been to North Korea? How about South Korea in the demilitarized zone - been there?

Go and read the title of this post and tell me that you have any form of special knowledge that makes you an authority... Clearly you are not, so please don't expect me to believe all of the unfounded an dunsubstantiated allegations of crimes against humanity, torture and abuse that you alledge...


"Sentenced to 12 Years in Slave Concentration Camp"

... My ass...
 

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This is an act of extortion by a pathetic demented insecure misfit Kim Jong-il
Hes people are dieing from starvation and this pathetic f face thinks he is some one the world should stand still when he apears. Some one should put that f down.
 
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This is an act of extortion by a pathetic demented insecure misfit Kim Jong-il
Hi people are dieing from starvation and this pathetic f face thinks he is some one the world should stand still when he apears. Some one should put that f down.

I have an issue with you insulting the "Dear Leader's" handsome mug.
 

Kreskin

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Crimes against humanity?... What a joke... Go back and read any article on this subject and compare that to YOUR interpretation thereof....

All of the articles I've read suggests these women will be sequestered in 'labour camps'... Somehow, in your mind, that translates into 'torture camps'.. From torture camps, it morphs into camps rife with 'crimes against humanity' including, but not limited to rape.

Let me ask you this Kreskin: Exactly - I mean exactly - how do you know this? Have you personally spent time in a North Korean labour camp? Have you ever been to North Korea? How about South Korea in the demilitarized zone - been there?

Go and read the title of this post and tell me that you have any form of special knowledge that makes you an authority... Clearly you are not, so please don't expect me to believe all of the unfounded an dunsubstantiated allegations of crimes against humanity, torture and abuse that you alledge...


"Sentenced to 12 Years in Slave Concentration Camp"

... My ass...
Are you always this naive? Read up on the woman who spent 3 years "sequestered" for singing western songs. Read any writings by survivors of North Korean labor camps. Look into it a bit before being a pompous ass.
 

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Are you always this naive? Read up on the woman who spent 3 years "sequestered" for singing western songs. Read any writings by survivors of North Korean labor camps. Look into it a bit before being a pompous ass.

I'm interested in knowing who's judicial standards you would wish to see applied in NK.
 

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Are you always this naive? Read up on the woman who spent 3 years "sequestered" for singing western songs. Read any writings by survivors of North Korean labor camps. Look into it a bit before being a pompous ass.


.... So, the short answer to my question about the degree of your personal expertise in commenting on the North Korean penal system is that you have none.. Ops, pardon me, you did mention that you read some accounts of 'survivors'... Wow - I guess that this makes you an expert, qualified enough to call a jail a 'slave concentration camp rife with human's rights violations and rape'.

In the event that you are not familiar, there is another word for these 'survivors'... That word is convicted felon.

Interesting juxtaposition, isn't it?.. If we use that word in your sentence: "Read any writings by convicted felons of North Korean labor camps"

Well, it doesn't have as much punch any more, does it?

I mentioned earlier that I don't suffer fools very well... You're really testing my capacity to do so.
 

Kreskin

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Convicted in what kind of court? The kind where no one can witness the "trial" that has no defense and lasts about 1 hour? Give your head a flippin shake.
 

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True, NK has previously abducted people from outside their borders. So has the US:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2982640.ece

Trial over 'CIA-led' kidnapping of Egyptian cleric to continue, Italian judge rules | World news | guardian.co.uk

Doesn't make it right, but I'm curious if anyone cares to express outrage regarding US cross border abductions?

No doubt NK's penal system is harsh. Here is what Amnesty International says about it:

North Korea
Prisoners in camps and detention centres were forced to undertake physically demanding work which included mountain logging and stone quarrying, often for 10 hours or more per day, with no rest days. Guards beat prisoners suspected of lying, not working fast enough or for forgetting the words to patriotic songs. Forms of punishment included forced exercise, sitting without moving for prolonged periods of time and humiliating public criticism.

Prisoners fell ill or died in custody, or soon after release, due to the combination of forced hard labour, inadequate food, beatings, lack of medical care and unhygienic living conditions.

North Korea | Amnesty International Report 2009

Nasty, but I doubt it includes rape, otherwise AI would have mentioned it.

I'm sure the same people who are outraged by NK's barbaric treatment of their prisoners are also outraged by these country's penal systems:

Egypt:
...The defendants said they were blindfolded for nine days and tortured by State Security Investigation (SSI) officials in Mahalla and at Lazoghly Square, Cairo, after their arrests. Methods alleged included beatings, electric shocks and threats that their female relatives would be sexually abused. The authorities failed to order an independent investigation into their complaints, and confessions allegedly obtained through torture comprised the main evidence against the defendants. Twenty-two of the defendants were sentenced in December to up to five years in prison...

...The Interior Ministry stated in January that the number of administrative detainees did not exceed 1,500. Unofficial sources suggested, however, that the real figure was considerably higher, possibly up to 10,000, and included people who had been held continuously without charge or trial for years. Administrative detainees, held on the orders of the Interior Minister, were kept in conditions that amounted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and some were reported to be ill as a result. Many remained in prison despite repeated court orders for their release...

Egypt | Amnesty International Report 2009

What do you have to say about this Obama?
...I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people...

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Israel and the Occupied Territories:
Hundreds of Palestinians, including scores of children, were detained by Israeli forces in the OPT and many were held incommunicado for prolonged periods. Most were later released without charge, but hundreds were charged with security-related offences and tried before military courts, whose procedures often failed to meet international standards for fair trial. Some 8,000 Palestinians arrested in 2008 or in previous years were still imprisoned at the end of the year. They included some 300 children and 550 people who were held without charge or trial under military administrative detention orders, including some who had been held for up to six years.
  • Salwa Salah and Sara Siureh, two 16-year-old girls, were arrested at night from their homes in June and were still held in administrative detention at the end of 2008.
  • Mohammed Khawajah, aged 12, was arrested by Israeli soldiers at his home in Ni’lin village at 3am on 11 September. He was beaten and detained with adults in an army detention camp until 15 September, when he was released on bail. He was charged with throwing stones at soldiers and sent for trial before a military court.
  • Dozens of Hamas members of the Palestinian parliament and ministers in the former Hamas-led PA government remained detained without trial, up to two years after their arrest. The Israeli authorities held them apparently to exert pressure on Hamas to release an Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas’ armed wing since 2006.
Almost all Palestinian detainees were held in prisons in Israel in violation of international humanitarian law, which prohibits the removal of detainees to the territory of the occupying power. This made it difficult or impossible in practice for detainees to receive family visits...

...Reports of torture and other ill-treatment by the Israeli General Security Service (GSS) increased, especially during interrogation of Palestinians suspected of planning or involvement in armed attacks. Methods reported included prolonged tying in painful stress positions, sleep deprivation and threats to harm detainees’ families. Beatings and other ill-treatment of detainees were common during and following arrest and during transfer from one location to another...

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories | Amnesty International Report 2009

Obama?
"I want you to know that today I'll be speaking from my heart, and as a true friend of Israel. And I know that when I visit with AIPAC, I am among friends. Good friends. Friends who share my strong commitment to make sure that the bond between the United States and Israel is unbreakable today, tomorrow and forever..."

..."That effort begins with a clear and strong commitment to the security of Israel: Our strongest ally in the region and its only established democracy, that will always be my starting point."...

...As president, I will implement a Memorandum of Understanding that provides $30 billion in assistance to Israel over the next decade...

... "We must preserve our total commitment to our unique defense relationship with Israel by fully funding military assistance...

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Saudi Arabia
The authorities invoked a wide range of repressive measures in the name of security and combating terrorism. The law prescribes harsh punishments for terrorism-related offences yet is vague and broadly drawn, encompassing the peaceful exercise of freedom of expression and other legitimate activities. This reality was exacerbated by a secretive judiciary which fostered impunity for perpetrators of human rights violations.

The authorities detained hundreds of people on security grounds, including people forcibly returned from Iraq, Pakistan and Yemen. Thousands of others detained in previous years remained in prison under conditions of virtual secrecy. Most had been held incommunicado for long periods for interrogation and denied access to lawyers, medical assistance and family visits for months or years. None had been allowed to challenge the legality of their detention...

...Torture and other ill-treatment continued to be widespread and committed with impunity. Commonly cited methods included severe beatings with sticks, electric shocks, suspension from the ceiling, punching, sleep deprivation and insults...

Saudi Arabia | Amnesty International Report 2009

Obama?
...the United States and Saudi Arabia have a long history of friendship, we have a strategic relationship...

...I am confident that working together the United States and Saudi Arabia can make progress on a whole host of issues and mutual interests...

Obama tries out his Arabic - The Oval: Tracking the Obama presidency

Meanwhile, I doubt these American reporters will see a NK labor camp or be ill treated. More likely they will be well treated and used for propaganda and bargaining purposes.

Journalists unlikely to see nasty NKorean prisons
By WILLIAM FOREMAN – 7 hours ago

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Prisoners spend long days toiling in rice paddies and factories. Survivors say beatings are frequent, hunger is constant and clothing scarce in the freezing winter.

But experts said that based on past experiences the two American journalists sentenced to 12 years in a North Korean labor prison probably won't see this side of the nation's notoriously brutal gulag. The reporters — Laura Ling and Euna Lee — will likely be kept apart from North Korean inmates as negotiators try to cut a deal for their release.

"I don't think the reporters will do hard labor. It's simply not in the North Koreans' interests to make them go through that," Roh Jeong-ho, director of the Center for Korean Legal Studies at Columbia Law School in New York, said Tuesday.

Roh agreed with several other analysts who have said Pyongyang will likely use the women to maximize its leverage in talks with Washington...

The Associated Press: Journalists unlikely to see nasty NKorean prisons