I feel for the family. With that said, it’s not like it a huge surprise that a brutal Marxist dictatorship would torture and maim someone. Being shocked about it (as many people are) is about as reasonable as being surprised that earthquakes hit California, hurricanes hit Florida, and that bears will kill you if you get too close. Too many Americans, especially those of liberal, or snowflake bent, think that bad things shouldn’t happen to them when they do stupid stuff, becasue they are such good people, or their position is morally superior, and what not.
Kids are taught that we are the bad guys. Other countries are victims of us. This is why the flag and national pride matter.
Our state of mind, whether we are shocked or not, is completely irrelevant when we encounter North Korea’s criminal activity. It is pointless and unnecessary to even consider whether we are shocked or not, indeed it is shocking but whatever our feelings and emotions or lack of them, it is only important to stop that criminal activity. To me, your comments are pointless and unnecessary; to me, they are not reasonable and contribute nothing, why would you even make them? Are you just some sort of ivory tower academic dressing up this horror with distant and clinical language, because you wish our nation’s leadership to maintain the status quo of appeasing do-nothingism?