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palmtrees2308 ,

India with less medals than north korea

gregor ,
@gregor@gregtech.eu avatar

What the hell is north Korea doing in the Olympics anyway?

Sibbo ,

Taking selfies together with South Korean sportspeople. Bet the other North Koreans never get to see them though.

dessalines ,

Competing like any other country.

gregor ,
@gregor@gregtech.eu avatar

Riight, north korea is a very oppressive country and they violate human rights, so why are they allowed to compete? Countries like Russia aren’t allowed to.

dessalines ,

Source? And preferably not one from the country that murdered 1 out of every 5 civilians in the DPRK a few years ago?

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/94f8142d-cc69-4c4d-95b5-b9b08bdbbb55.jpeg

Barbarian ,
@Barbarian@sh.itjust.works avatar

The people who manage to escape NK are a pretty good source. Also, 2 wrongs don’t make a right. It’s perfectly possible for both the US and NK to be in the wrong.

dessalines ,
Barbarian ,
@Barbarian@sh.itjust.works avatar

1st link:

Defectors can expect to receive the six-figure payout if they cross the border with intelligence that helps enhance South Korea’s security.

That… is actually very reasonable, and does not support or diminish your argument.

2nd link: I’m sorry, but DPRK news room doesn’t exactly scream unbiased.

3rd link: The tone and channel name seems comedic at first glance, but I’ll watch it and get back to you. Plenty of comedians doing real journalism these days anyway, so that shouldn’t be a mark against him.

carl_marks_1312 ,
@carl_marks_1312@lemmy.ml avatar

Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang A documentary on the world of defectors and South Korean Intelligence (National Intelligence Service, formerly known as the KCIA)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V4Hnl7J9H4

The originally posted documentary is soft-censored behind an age-confirmation verification

alcoholicorn ,

The people who manage to escape NK are a pretty good source

Journalists pay defectors for stories. No effort is made to verify anything they say. This practice is considered wildly unethical in any other context. They’re not credible. But just the content should be enough, do you really think North Koreans pull trains from city to city? That the children eat rats who eat children? That they build fake towns with fake schools, presumably the fields are tended by fake farmers?

It’s perfectly possible for both the US and NK to be in the wrong.

So why aren’t you asking why the US is allowed to participate when they commit far worse atrocities?

Barbarian ,
@Barbarian@sh.itjust.works avatar

To all of those stories, they seem like strawmen. I’ve not heard anything that ridiculous. Just that NK is an authoritarian regime that rewards friends and family of the regime at the expense of the well being of the populace. Kinda like a red veneer over Saudi Arabia, similar system.

So why aren’t you asking why the US is allowed to participate when they commit far worse atrocities?

I didn’t even ask why NK isn’t allowed to participate. Why are you giving me an argument I didn’t make?

alcoholicorn ,

To all of those stories, they seem like strawmen.

nvm then, I’d assumed you were referring to those absurd stories that get republished by otherwise reputable news sources every few months.

I didn’t even ask why NK isn’t allowed to participate.

Apologies, I didn’t realize you weren’t the guy who started this comment chain.

synae ,
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Wasn’t Russia banned for cheating at the Olympics? I.e, punished w/in the context of the Games for their unethical actions also within the context of the Games - not for their warmongering or oppression or human rights abuses.

itslilith ,
@itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

If democratic government was a requirement half the countries wouldn’t be allowed in. The Olympic Truce just says that countries that are at war may not participate. And, looking at Israel, even that is loosely enforced

rustyfish ,
@rustyfish@lemmy.world avatar

Only if “tech tutorials” were a thing in the Olympics. I swear the gold medal would never go somewhere else.

HatchetHaro ,
@HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

to be fair, americans aren’t known for their sharpshooting.

SpruceBringsteen ,

Took the invention of the repeating rifle to win the west.

dessalines ,

Which movie was it (maybe naked gun?) where it’s a 5 minute hallway shootout and none of the cops could hit anything.

SpruceBringsteen ,

The matrix?

kautau ,

Star Wars?

itslilith ,
@itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Star wars?

SirDerpy ,

Star Wars. They were part of the rebel alliance and traitors to the empire. But, the cops couldn’t hit anything until one of them broke out a shotgun loaded with heat-seeking shot and fired it point blank. Don’t judge too harshly. They can’t see a thing in those helmets.

Allonzee ,

To be fair, the utter ruins of our public education system we traded for capitalist tax cuts ensures Americans aren’t known for our sharp anything.

atro_city ,

US shooters are used to moving targets in schools or seated targets in movie theaters.

zqwzzle ,

The need the screaming in the background.

brbposting ,

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/fd4fb55e-e46c-4814-9fbf-49ff08d1f5db.jpeg

I wonder if anyone has edited screaming back in.

Made it into some academic discourse:

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/29497097-31b8-48eb-80ca-68a6abf47ac8.jpeg

TranscendentalEmpire ,

Mongolians are mainly known for their horsemanship rather than their marksmanship. They are probably the best marksman on horseback that have ever lived, but as far as historically being known for their archery…that’s the Koreans, and they’re still pretty dominant in the Olympics.

ShinkanTrain ,

I propose a new sport: horsery

H1jAcK ,

It’s called dressage, madam, and it is horse DANCING

TranscendentalEmpire ,

That may be too confusing, you’re just going to end up with a bunch of magic casters on horseback.

Skullgrid ,
@Skullgrid@lemmy.world avatar

en.wikipedia.org/…/Equestrian_events_at_the_2024_…

DeanFogg ,

I think US got medals in archery tho

RandomStickman ,
@RandomStickman@kbin.run avatar

Just get the Mongolians on a horse

gregor ,
@gregor@gregtech.eu avatar

youtube.com/watch?v=80X0pbCV_t4

galoisghost ,
@galoisghost@aussie.zone avatar

Sagen Maddalena ruined this meme about 5 hours ago

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