What I mean is simply that though I object to the idea of bowing to a statue I could probably do it. Not that I could somehow fool them into thinking I had when I hadn't. I'm not that naive.
As for running off the mouth, I live with me all day. I have a pretty good idea what I can and cannot do. Your sample size of people who have gone to DPRK and had no trouble shutting up is both self-selected and not large--and they probably have better reasons to be there to boot. I would hope that people with my views and my trouble keeping them quiet would be smart enough not to go.
Oh. I apologise. I must have been misled by the phrase "fake my way through it" when you actually meant "I'd do it". :)
If you did go, and did not shut up, the worst that would happen to you is a quick trip back to Beijing. As your Beijing-side guide would explain, the worst that could happen to your guide is a life (i.e. death) sentence in a labour camp, along with her family (including children), and any children born in the camp die there too. If you truly couldn't keep your mouth shut in such a situation, you definitely shouldn't go (and I don't believe it anyway - that'd be psychological-damage levels of lack of self-control, but because you haven't devolved into screaming abuse, you clearly do actually have enough self-control).
What I mean is simply that though I object to the idea of bowing to a statue I could probably do it. Not that I could somehow fool them into thinking I had when I hadn't. I'm not that naive.
As for running off the mouth, I live with me all day. I have a pretty good idea what I can and cannot do. Your sample size of people who have gone to DPRK and had no trouble shutting up is both self-selected and not large--and they probably have better reasons to be there to boot. I would hope that people with my views and my trouble keeping them quiet would be smart enough not to go.