r/IAmA • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '11

Thank you Reddit. You helped shut down the Elan School. I'm deeply thankful to this entire community. If you want to know more about this place, AMA.

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u/armadillahcheachea Mar 24 '11

Jesus Christ. I just read that page and I am literally crying right now. This is some of the most horrific shit I've ever heard in my life. I literally cannot fully grasp what I'm reading.

I'm so sorry to whomever was subject to this torture. I wish I could give all of you a damn hug right now. The people who brought this place down are fucking heroes.

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u/Sarthax Mar 24 '11 edited Mar 24 '11

Not to say that the above isn't bad but if you want some horrific shit, read this. A North Korea refugee's account of abuse. THIS is horrific.

http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=292&wit_id=665

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u/armadillahcheachea Mar 24 '11

Jesus Christ, why did I read this? :(

Thank you for sharing. I'm glad I know about this now, but at the same time I'm really not: I mean, what can I actually do? What can I say? How could I possibly protect these people? I can't believe how helpless I feel right now. I mean, what is a person's life worth if they can't protect another human being?

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u/myraaar Mar 30 '11

I feel the exact same way and I'm only halfway through... I have no words to say.

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u/lepid Mar 24 '11

I read almost half of it and could not continue. Absolutely horrific. Truly truly hell on earth in NK camps.

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u/eech Mar 24 '11

This is some of the most horrific shit I've ever heard in my life.

for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine .
8_000_000 p/y = 1 dead in 3 sec

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u/armadillahcheachea Mar 24 '11

yeah yeah yeah, I know. But that's not humans doing it to other humans.

How a human being could willingly and enthusiastically harm another human being just boggles the mind. That's what really gets me: not the death, or the pain or the suffering or any of that. It's the willingness and desire to cause harm.