Crime & Criminal Justice

The North Koreans would most likely read [a screening of 'The Interview' for policymakers in Washington] as, 'You see, the U.S. government and Hollywood are not separable.' I would hate for any activity on the part of the U.S. to feed that kind of insinuation.

A screening [of 'The Interview'] at the White House or the Capitol would inject more politics into the American response to the [Sony] hacking. It would also elevate the Sony case far above other corporate hacks involving larger foreign governments, including China and Russia. And it could feed North Korean assertions that there's no real distinction between the U.S. government and the popular culture produced and consumed by Americans.

Once these [South Korean] women were there, they couldn't get out easily. They were raped continuously - raped by the manager. Anything the bar owner deemed necessary for a woman to attract [American] GIs to sell sex - make-up, clothing, some decoration in their hut rooms - was rented out to the women. If the women were ill or if they needed assistance to pay for a funeral for a family member, they would borrow from the bar owner. All of these expenses became part of their debt and unless you paid off this debt you couldn't leave.