[riffraff]

a few years back we had Team America[0] in which kim jong il is painted as a crazy terrorist and in the end dies after the american world police gets to him, and is revealed to be an alien cockroach when he gets impaled on a tube.

Apparently, that movie was ok, so why shouldn't this have been?

There is always people whose sensitivity gets hurt by movies and books, but this should not automatically lead to stopping publishing.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_America:_World_Police

[q2]

All things happened in the past may not be good for example financial crises, wars, tsunami's ...etc. So past is not reference to present or future.

>>> There is always people whose sensitivity gets hurt by movies and books, but this should not automatically lead to stopping publishing.

There are "defamation laws" in many countries. Many people/companies use them if they feel offended/hurt, even if they are not noble. This incident may be the same for NK.

[riffraff]

I think you misunderstood me: sony did not worry about north korea's sensibility, as you seemed to imply it should have done, because north korea has never manifested any interest in it.

[chris_wot]

I really wish Kim Jong Un would appear in court to sue some for defamation. Then we could get him for crimes against humanity.