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If potentially being arrested and sentenced to years of hard labor wasn't a sufficient deterrent to visiting North Korea, now you have another reason not to go:
If an event is branded as annual but it only happens once, can it still be called annual? This is the case for Pyongyang's "annual" Taedonggang Beer Festival, the second of which was slated to take place during the month of August.
China-based tour company Koryo Tours, which is among the go-to tour groups organizing trips into North Korea, writes on its blog that it was "informed" North Korean organizers have canceled the event.
[...] According to Koryo, last year's event was a good opportunity to try some local brews and mingle with locals. A menu from the 2016 fest shows several types of draft beers, fried chicken and mutton on a stick available for purchase. North Korean alcohol is a curiosity for many connoisseurs around the globe, especially given its announcement last year that its scientists have invented "hangover-free booze."
North Korea has recently launched a ballistic missile thought by some to be capable of reaching Alaska, Hawaii, and possibly the west coast. Otto Warmbier, an American student who was arrested while on tour in North Korea, died on June 19th after being released on humanitarian grounds. The U.S. Congress will impose new sanctions on North Korea and the U.S. State Department has authorized a Geographical Travel Restriction will forbid Americans from visiting North Korea. The travel ban will go into effect in late August.
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff has said that the use of military force against North Korea is "not unimaginable" and hinted that it could happen within a few months.
Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency has released a guide on how to respond to a nuclear attack.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 25 2017, @09:01PM (9 children)
Calling out people's bullshit is the only thing that can be done to try and get them to stop. I have submitted quite a few stories, but that has no bearing in this one. The submitter tied two separate concepts together that were not even a part of the linked story, that is atrocious. I would appreciate if people stuck to adding in their personal commentary as an aside, not in a manner that fabricates falsehoods.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday July 25 2017, @09:09PM (6 children)
You are fake news. The headline does not say that tensions caused the cancellation, despite your failure to comprehend it. The summary does not say it. Putting details of what is going on with North Korea is legitimate, which is why there are multiple links in the summary, not just the NPR link. My commentary is not false in any way. Somebody has been arrested and sentenced to hard labor, leading to their recent death. And everything after the blockquote is just... what's it called again? Fake news? Nope, it's facts.
What's atrocious is that in your quest to nitpick and whine, you have gotten everything wrong. I'd love to receive legitimate criticism, but you have none on tap.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 25 2017, @09:50PM (5 children)
No, what is atrocious is combining stories to form your own narrative. Its bullshit from major news outlets, and its bullshit on a small indie site like this. Sorry you can't handle your own bullshit sir, next time I will be more of a gentleman to accommodate your delicate sensitivities.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday July 25 2017, @11:04PM (1 child)
Correct the record!
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 25 2017, @11:42PM
See now you're getting it! /s
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 26 2017, @12:53AM (2 children)
Combining stories is what editors do. They're like a DJ mixing songs. Another brilliant mashup: UK Election Results; Fired FBI Director's Testimony on Trump; Trump Nominates New FBI Director [soylentnews.org].
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday July 26 2017, @02:17AM (1 child)
Putting multiple North Korea stories in one submission is not the same thing, and you know it.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 26 2017, @06:43PM
My bad, combining stories in a submission is different from combining submissions.
(Score: 2) by MrGuy on Tuesday July 25 2017, @09:31PM (1 child)
For someone* who claims to dislike rhetorical tricks, "false choice" and "framing" seem like the kind of thing you'd usually avoid. No, the way you're going about this is NOT the only way to effect change. And it's generally counterproductive.
I agree with your conclusion but not your "scorched earth" tactics by using words like "bullshit," "garbage," "atrocious," "falsehoods," and "fake news" to describe a story you don't like.
It's somewhat ironic that you started this thread below the one I started to point out the same thing (I share your view that these stories don't share a linkage). I was hoping to point out the gap and have a discussion about it (takyon, the submitter, explained his point of view there - I remain unconvinced but appreciate his response).
You decided to tee off on the submitter (and, by extension, the editor who published it and the soylent news recent stories in general). Your anger rings louder than mine. I'm not sure you're winning any hearts and minds.
You have the right to your opinion and to disagree, of course.
*This is my inference- I can't know for sure you're the same AC who's the thread parent/grandparent of this post. If you're someone else, I apologize for attributing someone else's words to you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 25 2017, @10:34PM
You're totally correct, although I wouldn't consider my language "scorched earth" and just rather abrasive.
I have lost pretty much all my patience for discussions on this site and definitely went overboard here, but Takyon won't see any reason between your comment or mine. There is only so much gentle nudging that birds will do before they just push their hatchlings off the nest, and every user that posts here has had their own share of critical feedback. People can change, it just requires some amount of effort and desire. Being nice and respectful generally does not cause anyone to self-reflect, at best they see your point and then forget about it as they continue on with their lives.