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Originally posted by GoodOlDave
I'm sorry, but quoting wikipedia statistics only goes so far in describing what is going in in that hell hole.
People always rant about how 'evil' Kim Jong-il is, but they are failing to recognize how he is apparently totally connected to the global power elite directly.
Originally posted by Argyll
We have our very own pyramid where I live here in Stockport.....on an estate called Kings Valley!.......and owned by a bank no less!.....and occasionally they fire a green laser out of the top of it! (not sure why they do that to be honest)
A conspiracy theorist could have a field day!
edit on 11/4/2013 by Argyll because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by muzzleflash
If you notice in the photographs of Kim Jong-Il, he never wears regalia. He dresses as a worker.
There could be two reasons for this. One, to convince the rest of the world that he's not part of the nobility. Two, to also convince his followers in his country that he's a worker-class individual just like them.
Also, there may be truth to his claims that he's heir to the lands of South Korea as well.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
You, didn't even use a link. It was like hearsay you merely paraphrased as best you remembered. It could be skewed by bias even , that the media carefully embedded within you (and anyone else that ever listened to the news).
How do we know exactly what degree of hell is represented within that nation since we haven't actually visited?
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but claiming a monstrous place like North Korea is among the free'est of nations is so utterly ridiculous you can't even discuss it.edit on 12-4-2013 by GoodOlDave because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ManBehindTheMask
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Hmmmm...........well, Id be more impressed if it was built during the time when we didnt have the technology we do now......
Thats probably why it hasnt gotten much attention..........
Not many people care that its the largest when youve got cranes, and plasma cutters etc etc etc......
The Original pyramids throughout the world to me, are much more marvelous........
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but claiming a monstrous place like North Korea is among the free'est of nations is so utterly ridiculous you can't even discuss it.edit on 12-4-2013 by GoodOlDave because: (no reason given)
It's ridiculous that we imprison MILLIONS of innocent people over a plant.
And it's amazing NK has this one law better than we do.
In the realm of that one law, they got everyone beat. It's nuts that you take my words out of context trying to skew what I am saying.
What I said : NK Ranks in the middle of the world's nations living standards
:Their narco-policy is superior to ours (more freedom oriented)
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Also I want to share with everyone this link for some surprising TRUTH about North Korea!
They say NK is the MOST totalitarian of all? Lies!
NK is actually more freedom oriented than every nation on Earth in the realm of "Legalization".
Supposedly they are the only nation on Earth that has zero criminalization of green plants we consider a drug here.
Google it!
Here s the first link from google :
North Korea Smokes **** Everyday, Which Explains A Lot
Obviously most of their other totalitarian laws suck, but it is interesting to know that NK is more free-oriented when it comes to a silly plant that is demonized to no end wrongly in our society.
When I found out the truth about NK drug law a few days ago, I about flipped! This revelation is nuts!
Originally posted by muzzleflash
reply to post by GoodOlDave
I am not disputing many of those aspects of how crappy NK govt actually is.
I am merely stating that there are technically , by the numbers, worse nations out there to live in.
I deplore their fascist psychopathy, just as I deplore our own.
NK isn't a 1st world nation, and it's not exactly 3rd world either. It's in the middle.
Perhaps on the lower end of the middle spectrum to be more precise.
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
Originally posted by muzzleflash
reply to post by GoodOlDave
I am not disputing many of those aspects of how crappy NK govt actually is.
I am merely stating that there are technically , by the numbers, worse nations out there to live in.
I deplore their fascist psychopathy, just as I deplore our own.
NK isn't a 1st world nation, and it's not exactly 3rd world either. It's in the middle.
Perhaps on the lower end of the middle spectrum to be more precise.
"Psychopathy"...LOL...a very good word, but whatever. Let me ask you something. You seem to hold North Korea in high regard entirely for marijuana being one of the rare things the people there aren't being arrested for. Is that not just a case of "bread and circuses" where the gov't endorses petty distractions to keep the masses sedated so they won't realize how enslaved they are? Particularly when one of the distractions is from seeing they don't even have bread to go along with the circuses?
Do you really value you weed that much?
Originally posted by TarzanBeta
For example, peoples' gun rights were threatened, so people ran out and got a gun. (and that was their mission, mind you, to cause that to happen).
Originally posted by muzzleflash
I don't hold them in high regard Dave. In fact I generally deplore their system and think it a sham.
However, when comparing the shams found in each and every nation globally, it becomes apparent that NK's sham ranks somewhere in the lower mid-tier on living standards.
The reason I brought it up is because most people aren't aware of that fact, and will be surprised to learn.
Also it goes to show you that the Universal balance concept seems to work fairly well even in areas like this, politics. Negative vs positive, etc. Gotta weigh the scales.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Originally posted by TarzanBeta
For example, peoples' gun rights were threatened, so people ran out and got a gun. (and that was their mission, mind you, to cause that to happen).
I agree with most of your post , especially this tidbit.
I do agree there is a very high % chance that the armament industry was behind the push for "gun control" in order to create panic selling and increase sells drastically.
It is a very reasonable hypothesis.