{"id":15349,"date":"2012-01-12T13:34:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T18:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=15349"},"modified":"2012-01-12T13:34:22","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T18:34:22","slug":"north-koreans-punished-for-insufficient-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/north-koreans-punished-for-insufficient-grief\/","title":{"rendered":"North Koreans punished for insufficient grief"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Koreans have enough to be miserable about, so it couldn\u2019t have been too difficult to produce some crocodile tears when Kim Jong-il went to meet his maker. Nevertheless, those whose pleasure at the lunatic\u2019s demise overwhelmed their ability to squeeze out the necessary number of tears have been duly punished.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Authorities in North Korea are reportedly punishing citizens – six months of hard labour – who didn’t mourn hard enough over the death of “eternal leader” Kim Jong-il.<\/p>\n

Anyone who didn’t attend the histrionic mass gatherings in Kim’s honour, or who did attend “but didn’t cry and didn’t seem genuine,” could be subjected to six months in a labour camp, reports the South Korea-based Daily NK newspaper.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Being chastised for inadequate devotion to the beloved leaders of man-made egalitarian paradises is not new. The fear of being the first to stop applauding Comrade Stalin when he rose to speak was so great that a bell had to be rung so the Great Leader could be heard.<\/p>\n

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