I take it that most of the people commenting on the issue in the submitted article, and most of the people commenting on the issue here on Hacker News, have vis

I take it that most of the people commenting on the issue in the submitted article, and most of the people commenting on the issue here on Hacker News, have visited the United States. All of us can read and write English. But how many of those people have ever been to north Korea, or even to south Korea? How many can read Korean and regularly follow the Korean-language press from both sides of the demilitarized zone, or regularly have conversations with Korean friends? Applying critical thinking to a complicated issue usually requires domain-specific knowledge. One part of the domain-specific knowledge here is knowledge of methods of unauthorized access to computer networks and computer security measures, which many Hacker News participants have. But another part of the domain-specific knowledge needed to size up the disputed issues in this case is knowledge of Korean internal politics, and I think that very few Hacker News participants have that knowledge or even attempt to gain it. AFTER EDIT: Someone's silent disagreement with my comment is evidence as I type in this edit. On my part, I'd be glad to hear from people who have all of the relevant forms of information about what happened recently to Sony and about how various governments have responded to that before making up my mind. So please join in the thoughtful discussion here if you have knowledge of the geopolitics involved or of other issues I didn't even bring up above. What's most persuasive in any discussion is actual evidence, and thoughtful discussion of evidence from reliable sources is what I like best about Hacker News.