N. Korean Threats To Sony Over Their Film Comedy, The Interview.

[sandyRoe]

Sony appear to have heeded threats, thought to be coming from N Korea, and withdrawn this film from circulation.
Is this a bad day for freedom of expression?

[Svejk]

I should say so.

[Svejk]

Of course, everyone will want to see it now. Good publicity.

[sandyRoe]

That's what I was thinking. Even if it's a turkey you'd almost feel obliged to see it as a sort of two fingered response to Kim Jong Un.

[janbee]

I DEFINITELY want to see it now.

[BlackadderV]

Never heard of it... till now. Calculated to make a fortune, I reckon.

[sandyRoe]

The thought just struck me, is the N Korean leader a wrong'un? ☺

[janbee]

Sandy, he's certainly a wii fat wun

[BlackadderV]

You couldn't invent a basket case like North Korea. If it were not for the support of China it would have been consigned to the dustbin long ago. It is like a script from a George Orwell novel.

[mikey4444]

North Korea is a highly unstable country, with a mad dictator. Was it really sensible to make this film in the first place ?

[sandyRoe]

Charlie Chaplin made, The Great Dictator, lampooning a monster far more powerful in his time than the loony Korean leader.

[aelmpvw]

having seen a clip from the said film i'm with Kim Jong-un on this, which is a first

[-Talbot-]

North Korea is a highly unstable country, with a mad dictator. Was it really sensible to make this film in the first place ?


You think this will cause North Korea to go to war, mikey?

[dannyk13]

The Great Dictator was made in 1940 when we were already at war with Germany and in my opinion was fair game.

[mikey4444]

talbot...North Korea is so unstable that they are capable of anything. We should be very wary of incurring their wrath, especially over such a trivial thing as a film. I am not suggesting that appeasement is the way forward, but it seems daft to keep poking a stick in the behind of an animal that has such sharp teeth ::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

[-Talbot-]

Tinpot nation run by a tiny tyrant.

[-Talbot-]

I am more about the arctic ground squirrel than the nutty dictator
.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEaKX9YYHiQ

[mikey4444]

A tiny tyrant with nuclear weapons.

[-Talbot-]

They need a better http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_small/0/7661/481563-catapult.jpg
to launch them.

[bibblebub]

There are other possibilities such as an ex-employee who would have the requisite inside knowledge of a group of hackers looking for a soft target http://news.sky.com/story/1394074/is-north-korea-really-behind-sony-hack-attack

Incidentally, the people who run the internet have also been hacked simply by the use of phishing emails http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/authority-that-runs-the-internet-has-been-hacked-9933309.html

[bibblebub]

typo ...knowledge OR a group of hackers...