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He traveled to North Korea to teach them how to evade international sanctions. That's "thought crime"?
by chance_state 7y ago
He traveled to North Korea to teach them how to evade international sanctions. That's "thought crime"?
- crankylinuxuser 7y agoI still see nothing wrong with that. It's words, either spoken, written, or on a screen. It matters not that he's in person, or remote. They could derive that from the multitude of developer FAQs, Stack Exchange, or other sources. Long story short, this is the US government throwing a fit about a US citizen in NK. Have to set an example. Now, if he gave them cryptocoins or other assets, then there might be a legitimate case of breaking international law. But you know, there's this pesky thing called 'proof'.
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- fouric 7y ago> It matters not that he's in person, or remote. It matters very much, both legally, and morally (unless, of course, you support the humans rights abuses going on in the DPRK[1]). The law differentiates between words put in a book and the same words said to a criminal in order to further a crime[2], and it's pretty obvious that Griffith was intentionally providing assistance to a country that commits human rights abuses that are crimes under the legal systems of many, many other countries. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_North_Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_North_Korea [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21666553 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21666553