:dprk-stare:

    • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      But he was unable to play in the league because of the U.S. ban on trade with North Korea, which is set forth in a piece of legislation called the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917.

      Wow, that's so fucked. Real mask off shit. "Nope, the DPRK is the enemy so you can't play basketball here fuck off"

      • Quimby [any, any]
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        3 years ago

        I had the same reaction. So fucked up. He and Kim Jong Un even offered for his salary to be paid in wheat for North Koreans to eat and they still told him to fuck off.

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      "North Korea is evil because they won't let their people travel."

      "Can I come to your country?"

      "No."

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        3 years ago

        I liked the provisio where he could play for the NBA but they forbad him from sending money home.

        Real Free Market Hours. Love living in a laisse-fair society.