Right. I’m probably coming across as trying to sound like I know a lot more about these issues than I do, but I very much got the sense reading the book that he’s a very smart guy who has a lot of important stuff to add to the debate, but has to be read very, very carefully. That being said, he’s quite open that it’s…

Sorry, I was being too glib there. Yes, you’re right. What I should have said is that if North Korea invaded, they would almost certainly lose, after inflicting an insane amount of suffering and loss of life. However this would be vastly “better” (in some sense of the word) than the shitshow which would result if the…

South Korea had been invaded by a genuinely evil force that would have turned the entire country into a concentration camp. It’s now a vibrant and rich liberal democracy. It’s a better outcome.

I dunno if she still does, this was during the height of LB’s popularity - actually I can date the time I knew her exactly, late 2001-2003. But also other starches, and dairy products, and tomato sauce, and other processed fruit things. It was a fucking revelation to me that it was possible to live like that.

I don't think that NK poses a strong existential threat to SK, at least if we forget about the nukes (although they could seriously fuck it up). But invading NK is a totally different proposition, and I cannot see it as anything other than a total disaster.

Korea, actually, I think is a good case for intervention. I think McCarthy had shitty aims, but I think the existence of South Korea is a strong case for military action being just at times.

Dairy products, tomato sauce, and starches. A lot of margharita pizzas and pasta. Lots of cheese.

Increasingly unstable?

There's a book called North Korea: Another County by Bruce Cumings which does a good job of illustrating a lot of the reasons behind why the average North Korean has such a beef with the West, and tries to correct the narrative. However it almost certainly goes way, way too far in the "correction" direction.

No we shouldn't remove the dictator from power, because doing so would probably create the bloodiest war outside of Africa since Korea I, one which "we" (i.e. the good guys) stand a reasonably strong chance of losing. The North Korean army does not fuck around, and is not a pretend army like Hussein's was/

Yes, no, yes, yes, huh?, no, yes, no, and no.

I'm interested, but do I have to move to North Korea? Also, does it involve wearing that white thong piece? If yes to both, count me in!

A coworker of mine said it, and I assumed she was joking, but she was actually very strong in her beliefs. She was also an Ayn Rand fan, a vegetarian who didn’t eat vegetables other than potatoes, possessed of the rankest-smelling feet I have ever encountered (I’m assuming this was connected to the diet thing), and…

I would defend Linkin Park as having ability, just directing that in a direction I find tiresome. Durst didn't even have ability.

But.. he was bad. That's what I don't get about this piece. He was straight-up awful. I can rap better than that dude.

Everything you've said is true. Good point about putting Chad Kroeger in a room with an acoustic guitar - I mean the guy has a limited skill set, but he's really, really good at that, it's just many of us don't want to listen to that. Durst isn't good at anything.

Yup. I said it above, but Durst is one of the shittiest rappers I have ever heard, and the music barely rose above noticeable.

"I think he does have talent"

With lots of recorded vomiting?

Eh, it sounds kind of like Ryse: Son of Rome which is kind of ass.