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Time allows one to think things through and to cogitate a bit on the consequences of one’s action.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the makers of the film “The Interview” could have thought just a little bit longer about the product that was supposed to be shown to American theater crowds.<\/p>\n

I’ve been pondering the blowback from the film, the threats of Internet hackers striking back at the producers of the film — and at the public at large. My conclusion? I believe Sony Pictures should have known with whom it was dealing when it made a “comedy” about an attempt to assassinate the leader of North Korea.<\/p>\n

My sympathy for Sony, the actors involved and those who thought they would make a lot of money from the film is waning — rapidly.<\/p>\n

The film stars Seth Rogen and James Franco. It’s supposedly a comedy. The main characters are plotting to kill Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n

Let’s be real. The entire world knows about Kim Jong Un’s weirdness. The world knows he runs a country that gives hyper-secrecy a bad name. I mean, this place is reclusive beyond description. Kim’s antics — just as those of his late father, Kim Jong Il — are, to say the least, highly unpredictable.<\/p>\n

Why couldn’t the makers of the film fictionalized the story? Why single out the leader of a nation — and a dangerous one at that — for this kind of “comic parody”? What would the reaction be in any country on Earth if someone made a film purporting to assassinate its leader?<\/p>\n

My conclusion is that Sony should have expected a highly negative reaction from a country that hardly anyone knows with any certainty.<\/p>\n

Terror threats in response to the film? Well, duh! Do you think?<\/p>\n

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