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Along with lots of other "luxury items," we've banned the exportation of "personal watercraft" to North Korea. We're punishing the leaders & bureaucratic elite of that nation who drink cognac & listen to iPods even as they build nuclear weapons & starve & oppress their peasants. The next time you're at the shore or a lake & the obnoxious jet skiers & drunken drivers of WaveRunners are driving you so crazy you want to shoot at them with a rifle, remember these words from the Washington-based Personal Watercraft Industry Association: "The thousands of Americans and Canadians who build, ship and sell personal watercraft are patriots first," said Maureen Healey, head of the trade group. She said it endorsed the ban "because of the narrow nature of this ban and the genuine dangers that responsible world governments are trying to stave off." The PWIA sacrifices so that we're free to degrade & pollute the environment, & eventually bring freedom & democracy & personal watercraft to all the downtrodden peoples of the Earth. In the meantime, you may rest assured there will be no Communist armada of Sea-Doos attacking our shores.