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No wonder the Koreans are up in arms about dead men in Koguryo and apathetic about live ones in the North Korean gulag.

I say let the Koreans say, read, watch, and burn whatever they damn well please. Government ought to be with the consent of the governed, and if the governed lack the wisdom to govern themselves, the nanny state can’t guarantee their survival anyway.

When I read news like this, I get very depressed that the opposition party to the No Moo Hyun regime is actually WORSE. It looks like Hannara criminals are paranoid that the openings of North Korean websites would just be the beginning of a deluge of orders for such hot North Korean singles like “Whee Pa Ram” and “Women are Flowers” or such popular classics such as the collected literary works of Chairman Kim’s views on art, theater, and film. We all know that will generate enough hard currency to continue their missile production and blah blah blah.

http://www.time.com/time/asia/.....59,00.html

No, I don’t think its fascist to people to want to defend their country. I do, however, think it’s highly unbecoming of a democracy to ban access to websites because of political content (especially one with IT Superpower aspirations), and it is extremely worrying to hear someone like Rep. Kim argue that somehow, the people are too stupid/gullible to be allowed access to the KCNA and need their minders, i.e., the ICEC, to determine what is appropriate and what is not. If you want to keep The Children(tm) from viewing political content considered objectionable, then require one to enter their ID number like the gov’t does with porn sites. But that’s not what MIC’s project seeks to do — it wants service providers to put blocks on IP addresses so the ignorant masses — adults included — can’t read them, because as you know, the South Korean public is so dumb that they’ll soak up whatever the KCNA tells them [sarcasm off].

Look, I’m all for protecting the nation, and no, I don’t belittle the North Korean threat. But what, extactly, do you think a ban on pro-North Korean websites is going to protect South Korea from? Bad rhetorical style? Word-initial “l” (??¹) sounds? The ideological fringe is going to believe regardless of whether they have free and open access to N. Korean websites or not, and by banning them, all you do is give them political ammunition. Besides, the fringe groups are much more a product of local conditions within S. Korea than they are of “North Korean propoganda,” so it’s not like you’d be saving a whole lot of “gullible youngsters” by shutting off some of the few avenues they have to see just how fucked up North Korea really is.

Anyway, perhaps you’re right — maybe knee-jerk libertarianism is a foolish way to go through life. But on the other hand, if you truly believe that North Korean agitprop — which is just as outlandish in the original Korean as it is in translation (granted, it sounds better) — poses a serious threat to the security of the Republic of Korea, well, I guess that ain’t saying much about the prospects for liberal democracy on the Korean Peninsula.

Gotta disagree with you right off the bat, Mssr. Jing. I obviously don’t think it is imminent (since I remain here) but no likelihood in the forseeable future? Oh, the risk is a bit higher than zero, and with a regime this secretive, paranoid, and prone to daily bursts of hateful insults to the Republic of Korea, well…..