Comment by pmarreck
Comment by pmarreck 17 hours ago
Sounds just like something a North Korean would say
Comment by pmarreck 17 hours ago
Sounds just like something a North Korean would say
Please do not foster this concept that I have a responsibility to proactively criticize ever fascist regime of the past century in order to dispel implicit notions that I am "supporting" them in vague undefined ways.
To be basically informed about, yes. An educated person should probably have a view about broad topics like North Korea, and whether Pyongyang is more worthy of criticism than praise. And I don’t want to work with someone who is open to the morality of the Kim regime.
I would find that question extremely weird in a job interview for a normal job, and I have no problem saying that the Kim regime is one of the most horrible regimes ever.
I don't consider myself to know enough to criticize.
Of course what little I do know is all negative. But I've paid only limited attention, and I get nothing from primary sources.
I expect the same from practically everyone -- perhaps excepting South Koreans who at least speak the language. I'd consider it good judgment to say that you just can't meaningfully answer the question.
I'd read a statement you hand me, if you thought that would suffice. But I'll admit I'd consider that weird and likely useless.
100%
It's not a false positive. It's a true positive
If the person is so obnoxious as to not be able to give such a silly statement, imagine how they would be fun in your team
Replace North Korean leader with Biden and Trump, how that sounds?
I would never allow any potential client ask me ANY political questions. Not because I like any political figure but because I am trying not to encourage fucking thought control. I hope we are not on Nazi Germany yet. It is just simply not their fucking business. On the other hand if they offer me a million in cold hard cash just for that I would tell then anything they want to hear.
> I would never…
> … if they offer me a million…
This is exactly like that famous joke! :D “Mam I believe we’ve already established that. At this point, we’re just negotiating.”
The punchline of the joke isn’t that it’s weird to put a price on X, but that it makes it rather hollow to start that same paragraph with four different variations of “I would never do X!”.
It’s kind of like an Abbott and Costello routine. I would never do that! How dare you suggest that. You’re a commie. The scum of the earth. I’m above that. Gimme five bucks I’ll do it right now.
Honestly, sounds like a red flag if even a legitimate applicant is unwilling to voice an opinion on the Kim regime.