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Re:Testimony of Ms. Soon Ok Lee (2002) by nether on Thursday December 05, 2013 @03:47PM (#6857100)
Big difference between US and DPRK is that we have heard of it, and are free to criticize it without repercussions.
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Re:Testimony of Ms. Soon Ok Lee (2002) by fennecfoxen on Thursday December 05, 2013 @05:04PM (#6857643)
Also, unlike North Korean camps, they generally don't send young children to Guantanamo Bay because of their parents' political crimes (real or invented).
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Re:Testimony of Ms. Soon Ok Lee (2002) by subsystem on Thursday December 05, 2013 @07:50PM (#6858569)
Well... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khadr
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Re:Testimony of Ms. Soon Ok Lee (2002) by fennecfoxen on Thursday December 05, 2013 @08:12PM (#6858700)
Omar is at least alleged to have actually committed war crimes, and he was almost 16. Feel free to characterize the legitimacy of his treatment, but he's no Shin Dong-hyuk:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Dong-hyuk

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Re:Testimony of Ms. Soon Ok Lee (2002) by strathmeyer on Thursday December 05, 2013 @03:56PM (#6857155)
Some of aren't satisfied with just the illusion of freedom. We care about not just the American citizens that Obama is killing with drones, but human life all over the world.
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