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North Korea | Communist regime | Kim Jong-il | Strict rules for visitors | The Sun |HomePage|News: "IN a cold sweat, I was led away by the jackbooted and armed North Korean border guards to a bleak side room.
My crime was that I’d disobeyed strict orders and taken pictures of the Stalinist dictatorship’s long-suffering people and the ruthless military who keep them suppressed."
North Korea invites Eric Clapton to rock Pyongyang - Yahoo! News
North Korea invites Eric Clapton to rock Pyongyang - Yahoo! News: "'We have recently sent a letter to Mr Clapton's agent inviting him to Pyongyang for a concert. And I do think that if he plays a concert in Pyongyang it will be a good opportunity for the Korean people to understand Western music,' he said."
Don't do it! It's a trap!
I don't think anyone doubts that Clapton will completely and utterly miss a golden opportunity to shed some much needed light on the human rights catastrophe that is North Korea. But, a golden opportunity is certainly there. Clapton has two options as I see them.
1. He very publicly denies the invitation, stating that if North Korea would like him to perform, then he needs to treat his citizens better. He could demand he release political prisoners immediately.
2. He could accept the invitation, play the concert, and then publicly announce what a nightmare North Korea is for it's citizens. Hopefully, Clapton is not duped by the royal treatment by the North Koreans like Mega-doofus Sean Penn was by Hussein controlled Iraq and Chavez controlled Venezuela. Penn, took the bait...hook, line, sinker. If Clapton is flattered easily, then game over. He's going to announce to the world that gee, North Korea is really not a bad place and Kim Jung Il, we all just need to lighten up.
Don't disappoint Clapton. You could help provide moral support to hundreds of thousands of political prisoners who suffer in concentration camps daily...suffering unspeakable horrors. Don't screw it up!!!!
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I thought the Philharmonic going to North Korea was a horrible idea from the beginning. Sending an American orchestra to PyongYang only increases the legitimacy of the Kim Jung Il government in the minds of the people. Every little bit matters. Some would say this will allow North Koreans to see that Americans are not the horrible enemy the Kim government makes it out to be. Um, sorry, but North Koreans already know that the United States and South Korea represent freedom. They only say they are anti-American and anti-South Korean because they do not want to be arrested and thrown in a labor camp where they will work 12 hours hard labor on one, maybe two bowls of rice.
I thought the Philharmonic going to North Korea was a horrible idea from the beginning. Sending an American orchestra to PyongYang only increases the legitimacy of the Kim Jung Il government in the minds of the people. Every little bit matters. Some would say this will allow North Koreans to see that Americans are not the horrible enemy the Kim government makes it out to be. Um, sorry, but North Koreans already know that the United States and South Korea represent freedom. They only say they are anti-American and anti-South Korean because they do not want to be arrested and thrown in a labor camp where they will work 12 hours hard labor on one, maybe two bowls of rice.
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