Very recently, North Korea slapped away South Korea's offer of a reunion for families who have been separated by the 38th parallel line, and you can read more about it here. I can say a lot of things regarding my own disappointment that North Korea came up with a lame-duck excuse to say no to this, but what caught my attention more was the comment section of the article.
In the midst of the detailed comments on political blah-blah-blahs, there was one particular comment about how America should have bombed North Korea a long time ago. I point this out not to criticize that one singular person who commented that but because I've actually heard a lot of people say the same thing. Let me be one person who breaks it to the general audience, which is you who are reading this, that that kind of thinking shows just how ignorant the person who spoke it is.
Kim Jung-Un, his father and grandfather no doubt deserve such criticisms but what about the North Korean citizens? What did they do wrong? After all, they're also victims of North Korea like the rest of us, which is funny because the rest of the world have not actually fallen prey to North Korea. Rather, the one true victims of North Korea are its people - who are brainwashed with propaganda to the point that they literally worship their totalitarian ruler who makes them starve and deprive them of the technological and scientific advancements that the rest of the world has been following. They don't realize that their super-great leader is a nuisance to the rest of the world. It's mighty difficult to want to bomb a whole population who do not really know much of anything.
Not only are the South Koreans the pitiful ones for being separated from their families in the North, so are the North Koreans. The real distinction between the two are the geographical regions in which they live in, I mean of course there's also the factor that one is Communist while the other is not, but my point is, they're all still Koreans. Same language, same food, same culture, same ancient historical backgrounds... Yet, because of the fact that one region is Communist, the thinking of the two Koreans have evolved to be different. What I mean by different thinking is, North Korea has recently refused to have a reunion with the South and this is most likely because all the people need to be locked in so that Kim Jung-Un can stay in power. And like I said, the North Korean people worship the guy so they'll go along with what he says without even questioning it, hence their way of thinking differs from the South. At least, that's my own opinion, based on my unscientific observation. The same Korean-blooded people thinking differently because one worships a greedy dictator while one has been free to prosper - this is the sad reality that so many people miss out on.
So before you wholly zero in on how ridiculous North Korea is next time, remember the citizens. Both of the North and of the South.
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