Danish chef spent ten years infiltrating North Korea

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54464581

by niklaslogren • 6 years ago

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vmception3• 6 years ago

As an American I always feel like any writing any literature about sanctions failings would be seen to be providing material support to sanctioned people, which is a crime.

This chills my speech and I wonder if that crime is actually constitutional as currently implemented. Article II of the Constitution makes it constitutional for The President and Congress to enter into treaties which may have otherwise unconstitutional aspects - such as international sanctions - but would be constitutional by Article II if the supermajority passed the sanctions treaty. I wonder if the First Amendment overrides that because it was introduced later.

klyrs• 6 years ago

The text of the first amendment has such a narrow scope, "Congress shall make no law", one could naively expect this to have an extremely clear answer

vmception3• 6 years ago

and yet...

jmpman• 6 years ago

Are there any American reporters reporting on failed sanctions? Yes, our first amendment freedoms are still intact.

econcon• 6 years ago

Sanctions are way to starve the beast.

The beast is the country and the people in power are the ones who control that beast.

If the beast is powerful, the people in power can use the beast to harm other countries.

Is it unfair? Maybe. But what's the alternative? Usually killing the people in power results in power vaccum which destabilises the country and makes the beast go nuclear where there is always more potential for harm, an example of this is Libya.

Invading country isn't seen as good thing to do and installing your favourable party in power is also not seen favourably.

Are there other options? I'd like to know as well.

vmception3• 6 years ago

Right, it probably is a “safer” approach, despite requiring a massive dragnet criminalizing and also deputizing all financial institutions and criminalizing citizens just to ensure every single transaction is whitelisted

I’m only talking about the criminalization of citizens passing US constitutional muster

aaron695• 6 years ago

Mads Brügger is a film documentary creator I respect.

Most film docos are just made up, nothing about them is real.

With Mads it's such a mess you always have to think for yourself.

Getting two Pygmy assistants to follow him around in the Ambassador was pure art and educational.

Danish chef spent ten years infiltrating North Korea

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