Not too long ago, SONY announced that they were cancelling the worldwide release of the movie The Interview. And it is kind of scary that this happened.
A lot of people are acting like America was backing down from North Korea. What people should understand is that there's a difference between SONY, a private company, and America as a whole. I do agree and believe, in this case, the hackers seemingly have won. And I agree with Senator John McCain that says this SONY decision sets a troubling precedent. Adding:
But then he also turned it into a way to bash the White House and try to get elected for something saying:
...and then it continues for a while.
President Obama on the other hand gave an interview where he said — and I'll just quote him rather than dropping the link to playing the clip because he pauses for so long, lol — and he starts off by saying "When I first came into office, I said hackers were a big deal, both state, sponsored and rogue. That we needed to defend ourselves. But with this specific case...
...and at the end of the day, what we have is somehow, this most likely stupid stoner comedy that (I probably would've enjoyed in some way) has made everything high stakes! The US government thinks that North Korea is centrally involved — which could be seen as more than cyber warfare against SONY, but as cyber warfare against America because those movies and Hollywood in general make money for America.
Hollywood in general is going to be fearful to make anything about this country but that also opens it up to anyone else that is possibly touching an issue that could be sensitive. I mean, according to new reports, very silently, Steve Carell's North Korea movie has been cancelled.
That makes you wonder what's the next thing, where does it stop?
Like I said in my last blog post (concerning SONY), I understand from a business point of view why SONY would make this decision. Everything around them is blowing up. The last thing you want to be is actually be held responsible — even if it's just in the public thought.
If one stupid crazy person decided to go try and take out a movie theater on Christmas, people would victim blame like crazy saying that "They warned her!", "They got these threats and they still released the movie! Gosh! They did it probably because they're greedy! It's a movie that makes money! How dare they!"
And it is a kind of scary thought that if North Korea is in fact behind it. A place that controls their people. What they consume. What they can do. Did so, to a foreign country, by attacking a foreign company.
That's why I love — despite all of this — human rights activists of Fighters for a Free North Korea, run by a former government propagandist who escaped to South Korea. As for years used balloons to get transistor radios, DVDs and other items into North Korea, and they now plan to do that with DVDs of The Interview.
And of course the stats vary, but it is believed that 76% of North Koreans own a TV, and 46% of them own a DVD player. And just by watching this stupid stoner comedy, it is an act of standing up to this totalitarian government. Watching a film there, especially this film, is something you can be executed for! It's believed that in 2014, this happened to 80 people! And somehow, this stupid movie could become this huge, silent rebellion.
I guess the principal point I want to get across is: Kim Jong-un, go fuck yourself, go fuck your dead daddy, and also, go fuck your dead granddaddy!!!
A lot of people are acting like America was backing down from North Korea. What people should understand is that there's a difference between SONY, a private company, and America as a whole. I do agree and believe, in this case, the hackers seemingly have won. And I agree with Senator John McCain that says this SONY decision sets a troubling precedent. Adding:
But then he also turned it into a way to bash the White House and try to get elected for something saying:
...and then it continues for a while.
President Obama on the other hand gave an interview where he said — and I'll just quote him rather than dropping the link to playing the clip because he pauses for so long, lol — and he starts off by saying "When I first came into office, I said hackers were a big deal, both state, sponsored and rogue. That we needed to defend ourselves. But with this specific case...
...and at the end of the day, what we have is somehow, this most likely stupid stoner comedy that (I probably would've enjoyed in some way) has made everything high stakes! The US government thinks that North Korea is centrally involved — which could be seen as more than cyber warfare against SONY, but as cyber warfare against America because those movies and Hollywood in general make money for America.
Hollywood in general is going to be fearful to make anything about this country but that also opens it up to anyone else that is possibly touching an issue that could be sensitive. I mean, according to new reports, very silently, Steve Carell's North Korea movie has been cancelled.
That makes you wonder what's the next thing, where does it stop?
Like I said in my last blog post (concerning SONY), I understand from a business point of view why SONY would make this decision. Everything around them is blowing up. The last thing you want to be is actually be held responsible — even if it's just in the public thought.
If one stupid crazy person decided to go try and take out a movie theater on Christmas, people would victim blame like crazy saying that "They warned her!", "They got these threats and they still released the movie! Gosh! They did it probably because they're greedy! It's a movie that makes money! How dare they!"
And it is a kind of scary thought that if North Korea is in fact behind it. A place that controls their people. What they consume. What they can do. Did so, to a foreign country, by attacking a foreign company.
That's why I love — despite all of this — human rights activists of Fighters for a Free North Korea, run by a former government propagandist who escaped to South Korea. As for years used balloons to get transistor radios, DVDs and other items into North Korea, and they now plan to do that with DVDs of The Interview.
And of course the stats vary, but it is believed that 76% of North Koreans own a TV, and 46% of them own a DVD player. And just by watching this stupid stoner comedy, it is an act of standing up to this totalitarian government. Watching a film there, especially this film, is something you can be executed for! It's believed that in 2014, this happened to 80 people! And somehow, this stupid movie could become this huge, silent rebellion.
I guess the principal point I want to get across is: Kim Jong-un, go fuck yourself, go fuck your dead daddy, and also, go fuck your dead granddaddy!!!
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