Sophie In North Korea

Re:Sophie In North Korea by kzrdude on Saturday January 19, 2013 @03:04PM (#5084563)

If you are, say, North American (I'm not), don't you have those kinds of environments much closer for example in Guatemala? Maybe it's not at all the same thing and even more dangerous.

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Re:Sophie In North Korea by seanmcdirmid on Saturday January 19, 2013 @07:46PM (#5085478)

Quite different Guatemala is chaotic and dangerous, DPRK is the exact opposite: repressive and actually very safe (as long as you know..you don't do something the gov hates). Or in D&D terms, think about the differences between Chaotic Evil and Lawful Evil.

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Re:Sophie In North Korea by mynegation on Sunday January 20, 2013 @02:34PM (#5087864)

I've been to Guatemala too :-) And it is quite different. I did not get a sense of oppression in Guatemala, but unlike Burma some places felt really unsafe (because of petty and organized crime, not national or political tensions that are present in some regions of Burma).

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