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Taking away their internets is a means of retaliation? Really? So...
1. While heavily regulated, the internet is where North Koreans can get dribbles of non-censored information, and communicate with the outside world. And taking that away helps how?
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Communication with the outside world is limited to the elites - Kim's buds.
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2. How many of the populace were actually affected by this? 5%?
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Maybe less, but it's the
important 5% who have been show Kim is not all powerful.
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3. This retaliation amounts to no more than throwing sand in someone's face in a sandbox.
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It's vandalism, like hacking emails. Tit for tat.
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4. No matter what language or what country, the internets are 99% noise, 1% information.
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Kim's hero is Dennis Rodman. What are the chances he uses the internet to peruse the noise more than for information?