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About six months ago I signed a deal to acquire the accounts of another records-storage company , an old family business whose property had become so valuable that it was converting its buildings into residential property and office space . Sure , the North 's economy is so depressed that any aid or investment would help it revive , reform or no reform , but outside assistance will also bring potential agents of change into North Korea , so long as they play by its rules . An old friend tells me that in his youth he heard a sermon in which the preacher declared that " Tom Paine was so wicked that he could not be buried ; his bones were thrown into a box which was bandied about the world till it came to a button-manufacturer ; " and now Paine is travelling round the world in the form of buttons ! The notion that the conduct of the enemies we face is so lawless that we should make exceptions to the normal rules is a formula for subjectivity and lawlessness . At the time of its construction , the round shape of the building was so unusual that many people made fun of it .