Originally posted by: Dari
Originally posted by: drewshin
the use of a dash usually signifies the mark of a change in tone of a sentence, or a dramatic break.
when i read the article, i could definitely tell that this sentence was in the north korean person's POV.
if you look at the sentence before:
Seventy-year-old Park Jong-lin did not fight to repel communism like the others.
then it says, "In fact, he did the opposite". The word "opposite" automatically tells you that what's coming next is going to be the opposing view of what was said before. I'm pretty sure the North Korean guy didn't even say "imperialist Korean aggressors/South Korean accomplices" so that's why the guy COULDN'T quote him, but he wrote that (it became justfied to do so with the "-") because it showed the view of the opposing side.
there's always two sides to a war, with each side thinking the other the "bad guys". To us, Americans were patriots, to the British, we were traitors.
hopefully we can all read a little more critically, and a little less biased.
you must be in the author's head, cause no one could've guessed this came from the interviewee without him explicitly saying so.
Umm, actually I pretty much agree it does seem like the reporter is saying the NK's sentiments, and not his own.
So, Mr. Dari, maybe you need to read less critically and not try to find stupid faults, and to not assume everyone else sees things as you do, and actually read what is written in the manner that other people might, and that was it was most probably intended.