A very long time ago, when I was a very young child, someone managed to stop me from pointing out errors I saw being committed by others, by pointing out my own errors, and telling me that I should not complain until I was myself perfect. Something to do with their understanding of a certain Bible story, where Jesus talks about casting the first stone, as I recall.
At the time, I took it very much to heart, and for a long time, refused to act when others committed negative acts.
But finally, I realized that if a person DOES wait for their own perfection before making any effort to end the bad acts of others, that no progress of any kind at all would ever be made.
So instead, I adopted the idea that despite my own MANY imperfections, I will continue to oppose wrong and error where I see it, and I will accept the risk that someone may call me a fool or a hypocrite, because they think they see the same problems in me, that I point out in others.
That's okay, even when it's true. Because the fact that I have problems to solve in myself, does NOT mean that someone else with the same problems, does NOT have to solve them.
We BOTH do.
Therefore the only mistake we should really point to in complaints about North Korea, are when the person making those complaints claims to themselves already be perfect.
so, stop making complaints about others that you say complain.
Edited by
alleoops
on Sun 08/30/15 09:43 AM
you're North Korean, I thought I detected an accent I just couldn't place it. That explains a lot.
