Conscientious Objector Jailed After Being Outed As PUBG Player - eviltoast
  • Lath@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Avoiding political opinions on South Korea, the court’s claim would be that because he likes shooting guns at other people in games, his objection to military service has no ground to stand on.

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      9 months ago

      “A paintball player? Clearly you must be a gung-ho militarist who loves war!”

      “Have a BDSM kink? You go around kidnapping and torturing people, don’t you?”

      “So you like reading murder mysteries, huh? Seems like you’re a murderer yourself, then!”

      —Some South Korean judge, probably.

    • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      Which is fucking dumb beyond measure and logically, spiritually, and sensibly makes no fucking sense. Military service isn’t a god damn video game