Left-wing priest justifies N. Korean shelling of Yeonpyeong-do

On Nov. 22, a day before the third anniversary of North Korea’s shelling of the South Korean border island of Yeonpyeong, the Rev. Park Chang-shin made comments during a Mass while criticizing President Park Geun-hye that it was natural for Pyongyang to attack the island because the South and the U.S. held military exercises near its sea border. [Yonhap]

This was followed by a helping of Cheonan conspiracy theory.

I don’t agree with summoning people for police questioning over political speech. If the state’s suppression of North Korean ideology is all that stands between Seoul and Kim Il Sung City, then Seoul is a lost cause anyway. In fact, I’d like to see speech like this publicized creatively. Wouldn’t it be delightful if someone began following the “Reverend” Park to every public event, holding a placard emblazoned with that quote over his head? I wonder who’d still want to stand next to him.