North Korean Nukes

American Voices

October 30, 2002 | ISSUE 38•40

Last week, it was revealed that North Korea has secretly been pursuing a nuclear-weapons program. What do you think?

While it appears that North Korea may indeed have The Bomb, it remains unclear whether they have The Food.

Gene Franke
Systems
Analyst
My remarks on this matter will be brief, as the only stereotype I know of Koreans is that they eat dogs.

Valerie Schmidt
Florist
I just pray that this does not interfere with the Koreans' important work animating The Simpsons.

Christopher
Sims
Lawyer
Don't worry: It's probably just a bootleg bomb that won't work anyway.

Bill Cullums
Delivery Driver
This news really burns me up. In fact, it vaporizes me into my component subatomic particles, leaving the soil around me lifeless and radioactive for millennia.

Marcia Martz
Homemaker
North Korea may have a few nukes, but we have more than 12,000. That should make everyone feel safer.

Eddie Rutt
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