Chameleon Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Trouble is, a great many of the populace have been completely brainwashed from childhood into the thinking of the "Great Leader" they have never known anything else so can only believe what they are told so they probably do genuinely mourn his passing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free At Last Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Some of the mourners look like they have ate a coffee revel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted December 20, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2011 Yesterday J Vine on R2 did a spoof "this is your life" on Kim now dead, quite amusing that at the time of his birth the weather became glorious with rainbows (doesn't that mean rain ?) he could speak at 6 months and wrote his first manifesto at 2 years. he also wrote 1500 best selling books as well as the infamous 11(?) holes in 1 the first time he played golf. If you have been indoctrinated from birth with no contact with the rest of the world, it is conceivable that you may believe it.................have you ever been to Suffolk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 This clip looks like Rent-a-mourner - http://www.bbc.co.uk...acific-16241242 A carefully choreographed crowd watched by onlookers and a line-up of grieving workers. All the footage I have seen so far has had a few comically grieving mourners at the front and what looked like pretty indifferent onlookers behind. If you look at the scene in Andy's clip in the office, it looks to me that a couple of the men look more like they are trying to suppress laughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 20, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2011 If you have been indoctrinated from birth with no contact with the rest of the world, it is conceivable that you may believe it.................have you ever been to Suffolk. No, but I've been to Bedfordshire which is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 .....have you ever been to Suffolk. I thought Erith was supposed to be the place to avoid? The late Linda Smith once said: "Erith isn't actually twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 "Erith isn't actually twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" Hahahahahaha!!!!!!..........I`ve now got to wipe coffee from all over me and the workbench! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 In The County Sligo Observer this morning; Kim Jong Il Still Dead... Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 In the Sheffield Star I bet they manage to mention that North Korea, who played at Pigsboro in the 1966 World Cup, are in mourning........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 In the Sheffield Star I bet they manage to mention that North Korea, who played at Pigsboro in the 1966 World Cup, are in mourning........ Or one of the most memorable games in the history of the World Cup, when Portugal came from behind to beat North Korea 5-3 at Goodison Pak in 1966 (North Korea having knocked out Italy in the group stages, having beaten them 1-0 in Middlesbrough). North Korea met Portugal again in the 2010 World Cup, but I believe the result wasn't announced in North Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Help - trapped on a site with IE6, I can't edit my previous post! The Portugal / North Korea match was played at Goodison Park, not Anfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 This clip looks like Rent-a-mourner - http://www.bbc.co.uk...acific-16241242 A carefully choreographed crowd watched by onlookers and a line-up of grieving workers. Speculate no further. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16262027 So wonderful that we have our own State Media to interpret these stories for our benefit. (But I bet the NKs get their State Media free). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Don`t underestimate just how powerful the force that is hysteria (remember Diana?)......although I am sure there is also, North Korean state-orchestrated mourning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 If you have been indoctrinated from birth with no contact with the rest of the world, it is conceivable that you may believe it.................have you ever been to Suffolk. Oi! Clearly you've never lived there. A wonderful place that was home for twenty years...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 20, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2011 In The County Sligo Observer this morning; Kim Jong Il Still Dead... Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Don`t underestimate just how powerful the force that is hysteria (remember Diana?)......although I am sure there is also, North Korean state-orchestrated mourning. Yeah, mourning, noon and night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted December 20, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2011 The mourning shown in N.Korea may be down to the people knowing how tough things are. Only God knows how they have endured and suffered since there is no free media there. If the people were/are brain washed/beaten into towing the party line then they would truly believe that it was only their great (ironic) leader efforts that made things as good as they are now! In this case, the future uncertainty really would spill over into true grief as they would think things could only get worse. The people really DO KNOW that things cannot get much worse – apart from immediate and brutal punishment if they try to change anything! Maybe this is the worst case ever of “better the devil you know”! Some of the mourning is down to not “sticking your head above the parapet” – sticking out in a crowd, ie not mourning, really is not good for you there. Only one person is allowed to “stick out” and he usually chose not to. Other mourning, as I personally know, is just down to coercion. (But we all suspected that anyway.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodigy Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Horrible man, good riddance. However his son does sound worse so not sure what to expect. I doubt the regime will collapse as a result. why? whos he? Kim Jong merrily on high... it is not nice to make fun of names... No, but I've been to Bedfordshire which is the same. in the south part yes, not so north all i know about this man is that he is a leader of a country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 It may be worth having a read up Prodigy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 It may be worth having a read up Prodigy. He may have a point though - to the best of my knowledge South Bedfordshire has never concluded a peace treaty with North Bedfordshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 but Princess Di (the peoples princess!) is Kim Jong Ill...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywoodfoundry Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 If you look past the people crying in the streets of Pyongyang, notice the other side of the street is totally deserted..... And this report tells the real story pretty well: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8711895.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hughes Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 If you think that all the 'mourning' is just put on for the benefit of the cameras, just re-read the last sentence of Orwell's 1984. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Colin Posted December 21, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2011 If you think that all the 'mourning' is just put on for the benefit of the cameras, just re-read the last sentence of Orwell's 1984. Good point John - I get the uncomfortable feeling that a lot of people really were brainwashed into revering the "Dear Leader" because they weren't able to consider any alternative. In this day and age, it's frightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 · Hidden by Andy Y, December 21, 2011 - Under consideration Hidden by Andy Y, December 21, 2011 - Under consideration ....Goodison Pak... I thought Park Gu Sun played for Man U? Oi! Clearly you've never lived there. A wonderful place that was home for twenty years...... And was it all served at HMP Highpoint North, or Highpoint South? :jester: .... to the best of my knowledge South Bedfordshire has never concluded a peace treaty with North Bedfordshire. Not to mention the renegade enclave of Lutonistan which is threatening to secede!! Link to comment
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