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Number of deaths due to US wars of aggression since 2001 [1][2]: 400,000 - 1,000,000

Number of deaths due to North Korean wars of aggression since 2001: 0

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancet_surveys_of_Iraq_War_cas... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_war

Sophomoric comments like this are why we'd be better off if all politics stories were kept off HN, wholesale, like the guidelines suggest.

From the guidelines:

> When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names.

If you reread my comment I think you'll see that I wasn't in fact calling anyone a name.

Really?

> Sophomoric comments like this ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_calling

> Name calling is abusive or insulting language referred to a person or group,

If I squint in a half light, I might consider you have obeyed the literal letter of the guidelines. So, congratulations.

But seriously? You want to defend that comment as not insulting to the poster?

Also, at what point did you reply to the argument?

Are they sophomoric or do you just dislike being reminded of the fact? He linked statistics (although I'm almost certain it's >0 for DPRK) that are worth being reminded of, that's it. YOU made a judgement. Twice.

If that's the count, fine, let's let this comment make it three times that I "judged" North Korea as the most evil country on the planet. Want to make it four times? Five? Fine by me.

Pay no attention the forced labor camps behind the curtain?

I'm not sure how are you counting the death, but according to Wikipedia [1] since 2001 there are between 8 and 54 death of South Korean in incidents against North Korea.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_border_incidents_involv...

You've got to count the victims in North Korea, and with an official population of 24 million today, we know from the history of other Communist countries who's killing fields have been at least partly revealed that they're going to number in the millions.

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