inu-liger wrote:
The world completely lost itself after 2001.
Not really. The USA lost the plot, as might be expected, but -- aside from having to take our shoes off at the airport -- the rest of us carried on as usual. It's not like we were or are unused to terrorism in Europe. Life is always dangerous and unpredictable. Enjoy the ride while you can.
According to Rodman, the reason here went there was because Kim Jong Un and his family are big basketball fans. According to his tweet:
"I'm not a politician. Kim Jong Un & North Korean people are big basketball fans. I love everyone. Period. End of story."
Doesn't this sound oddly similar to when Queen got a bunch of flak for going to South Africa?
"Queen are not a political band."
Now, although I understand Rodman's reasoning (these people love basketball, so I kind of owe it to my fans, even if I don't particularly like some of them), I don't know if he really understands the situation in NK. Like, it's bad; that family is full of a bunch of giant douche bags with no respect for human life. If I were in that position, I would make a serious attempt to just assassinate someone, although that probably wouldn't pan out very well. Still, though, it just seems kind of dumb to be bashing a guy for doing something when a band we really enjoy and respect did a very similar thing with very similar reasoning.
It doesn't matter in any way. Just a foolish person being foolish. Not too surprising. Really not much to comment about other than to say it is not much of a story to try to analyze or understand or even to raise an eyebrow over. I wouldn't bother trying to compare it to anything, except maybe what Jane Fonda did, which I think she regretted later. That was also a non-event. I wouldn't compare this latest story to a South African Queen show. Not everything should bring to mind Queen, even though this is a Queen fan website.
I am disappointed with some comments here. Any time people make statements involving the actions and thought processes or feelings of such a large number of diverse people (i.e. "Americans" vs. "the rest of us"), it seems very delusional to me. Those sorts of generalizations seem to be from a lack of experience and real knowledge. In other words, they seem to be more from imagination, rather than actual first hand experiences. For example, I could write an essay describing the various opinions and thought processes and behaviors of those people I know and not one person would be completely similar to another. This desire to lump large groups of people together and make an overall assessment - I don't understand it.