> The real tragedy is the people excusing NK so they can have their way.
I've read this sentence a few times, left, come back, and re-read it a few times, and I still can't really make heads or tails of it.
Are you saying that people doing this (pretending their website is hosted in North Korea) makes light of the suffering of people who live in North Korea? I don't understand how you can conclude that: The whole point is that, as bad as North Korea is, it still doesn't go after torrent sites. It wouldn't work if North Korea were replaced with a country that actually has a lot of freedoms.
Are you implying that people should be working to end what's going on in North Korea? Well, what can anyone do? Any serious attempt to force change would simply lead to a massive, destructive war, killing most of the people that the outside world wants to help.
>The whole point is that, as bad as North Korea is, it still doesn't go after torrent sites
My assumption was that they'd picked NK as their joke destination because TPB would be seen as a glorious anti-capitalist organisation there, undermining the evil Hollywood fascists. Or maybe I read too much into it...
Edit: The real tragedy is the people excusing NK so they can have their way. I'm not saying they are dumb, just unlucky at thinking.
Edit2: No defense of hackivists making a mockery of themselves? How much does TPB make?