Friday, January 13, 2012

Under totalitarian regimes...

...faking sincerity is key.
North Korean authorities are punishing mourners who failed to exhibit sincere sadness and despair after the death of Kim Jong Il on Dec. 17, the Daily NK reported Wednesday.

The online North Korean newspaper, which is published by opponents of the governing regime, said a source in North Hamkyung Province revealed the information. The source told the paper “authorities are handing down at least six months in a labor-training camp to anybody who didn’t participate in the organized gatherings during the mourning period, or who did participate but didn’t cry and didn’t seem genuine,” according to the Daily NK.
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12 comments:

  1. JeffSJanuary 14, 2012 at 11:47 AM

    Yes, we want to be more like the Norks, don't we?

    /sarc

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  2. RebeccaHJanuary 14, 2012 at 12:11 PM

    Well, that explains all the creepy wailing and gnashing of teeth then.

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  3. JorgXMcKieJanuary 14, 2012 at 6:12 PM

    Coming soon from the Obama Administration. Citizens not seen to be demonstrating true adoration of "The One" will spend 6 months in a re-education camp that was built by WalMart.

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  4. rinardmanJanuary 14, 2012 at 7:56 PM

    Citizens not seen to be demonstrating true adoration of "The One"...

    Would showing my adoration be something like what the soldiers were showing the dead Taliban?

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  5. JeffSJanuary 14, 2012 at 8:54 PM

    Or offering "half a peace sign", rinardman.

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  6. Michael LonieJanuary 14, 2012 at 9:18 PM

    "Alaways be sincere, whether you mean it or not." Michael Flanders "At the Drop of a Hat."

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  7. IsophoroneJanuary 15, 2012 at 8:45 AM

    As Mark Twain wrote in his short essay "At a Funeral"

    "Do not bring your dog."

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2012 at 4:02 PM

    Deborah Leigh said...Further demonstration that peace without freedom is tyranny.

    JorgXMcKie, WalMart would never get the contract because they were founded by a Conservative, and Lefties hate WM. The contract would be given to either Costco or Whole Foods. Or maybe Target since Michelle shopped there (at least once).

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