No iPods To Kim Jong Il

American Voices • Science & Technology • gadgets • Kim Jong Il • ISSUE 42•48 • Dec 4, 2006

The White House has imposed a ban on the sale of iPods to North Korea. What do you think?

“This won't do a damn thing. Everybody knows Zune is the preferred MP3 player of the Axis of Evil.”
Sean McGill –
Shoe Salesman
“Ouch! Right in the middle of the North Korean Christmas shopping season, too.”
Allara Jones –
Systems Analyst
“I don't know what good it will do to impose petty sanctions tailored specifically to annoy a crazy foreign leader with nuclear weapons, but what can it hurt?”
Kai Thornton –
Large Truck Mechanic

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