North Korea's Key to Olympic Medals: Refrigerators For Winners, Labor Camp Threat for Losers

[Tom Cruise HAWK]

North Korean car is best Korean car..I am brainwashed by their forum too much Juche spirit has side effects.

[Wetblowdryer]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kernbeisser/4202313573/

DAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMN! THOSE ARE NICE CARS!

I might just move the North Korea just for the cars!!

EDIT: DAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMN! THE LINK WON'T WORK!

[John F. Kennedy]

Why? The spirit of the Olympics is a truce, a time for world co-operation and friendship for all..

Except that's never how it really works, remember the Cold War olympics?

USA! USA! USA!

USSR! USSR! USSR! USSR!

WINNER IS SUPERIOR! SUPERIOR! SUPERIOR!

Like all things, the original intention of the Olympics has been mangled into a giant penis comparison contest, now with lives on the line.

[Grouchio]

My walking-saint-of-a-case manager doesn't understand why we should invade North Korea for having a policy we can't tolerate. What the hell?

[saxdude]

My walking-saint-of-a-case manager doesn't understand why we should invade North Korea for having a policy we can't tolerate. What the hell?

The death of probably thousands or even millions nonwithstanding?

[mishkin]

And what is a "walking-saint-of-a-case manager"?

[Grouchio]

And what is a "walking-saint-of-a-case manager"?

The guy from my agency who I hang out with 8 hours a week praticing social skills since I have Autism. He's basically friends with everyone in Portland as far as I know.

[mishkin]

The guy from my agency who I hang out with 8 hours a week praticing social skills since I have Autism. He's basically friends with everyone in Portland as far as I know.

A nice guy, i hope

[Grouchio]

A nice guy, i hope

A nice guy who doesn't understand why we should invade North Korea for having a policy our country can't tolerate. He doesn't find it just. That absence of justice and pride sickens me.

[mishkin]

a policy our country can't tolerate

Is your country Batmanland, the avenger of the world?
Sure your country have internal problems to solve (homeless, unemployement, a good health system, etcetera).

[jsktrogdor]

Is your country Batmanland, the avenger of the world?

Pretty much yeah.

[Nutsack]

North Korea is funny to joke about until you start to think about how the year is 2012 and the world has gone a long way since WWII, but in North Korea there are still concentration camps. In these concentration camps, children are born and punished to work for an entire lifetime because of a crime their parents, grandparents or anyone else in their family might have committed - so basically it's slavery on a scale never seen since slavery in the southern United States over 150 years ago. It is the most oppressive country in the world and it's people are starving, isolated and without freedom or any basic rights at all, unable to do anything without help because the country is ruled by a military elite where like 10% of the entire North Korean population are soldiers. They supposedly have this large army to "protect themselves" but that is a lie, it exists to control the population by weapons, tanks and electric fencing. The only way I see North Korea going down is if the entire country starves to death, including the soldiers. If the soldiers start to starve then the military system might crumble.

I like joking about North Korea, it is a funny nation, the Hermit Kingdom. Their dictators look so plump and self-satisfied. Actually why have all the dictators of NK been fat? What the hell is that?

[Hobbes.]

This hatred towards North Korea ony shows how you wish you were under the protection and guidance of the dear leader.

I like joking about North Korea, it is a funny nation, the Hermit Kingdom. Their dictators look so plump and self-satisfied. Actually why have all the dictators of NK been fat? What the hell is that?

Uh, isn't it obvious? They are concerned about their people's well-being so they are forced to neglect their appearance. On the other hand their leadership is very effective, as most North Koreans can boast slim bodies.

[Visna]

North Korea is funny to joke about until you start to think about how the year is 2012 and the world has gone a long way since WWII, but in North Korea there are still concentration camps. In these concentration camps, children are born and punished to work for an entire lifetime because of a crime their parents, grandparents or anyone else in their family might have committed - so basically it's slavery on a scale never seen since slavery in the southern United States over 150 years ago. It is the most oppressive country in the world and it's people are starving, isolated and without freedom or any basic rights at all, unable to do anything without help because the country is ruled by a military elite where like 10% of the entire North Korean population are soldiers. They supposedly have this large army to "protect themselves" but that is a lie, it exists to control the population by weapons, tanks and electric fencing. The only way I see North Korea going down is if the entire country starves to death, including the soldiers. If the soldiers start to starve then the military system might crumble.

I like joking about North Korea, it is a funny nation, the Hermit Kingdom. Their dictators look so plump and self-satisfied. Actually why have all the dictators of NK been fat? What the hell is that?

It'll be interesting to see what Kim the Younger has up the sleeve. So far he has taken on the top in the military, shown pictures of lightly dressed women on TV, even allowed images of South Korean athletes getting Olympic medals, talked about financial reform (what that means in a North Korean context is anyone's guess), appeared in public together with his wife etc. All things which would have been unthinkable in the past.
He may be the chuppiest general ever and even look a bit dim, but there's more to him than meets the eye.

[Condottiere 40K]

NK financial reform probably warbles between letting the proletariat build up savings under their mattress and devaluing the currency.

[mishkin]

And they can eat pizza now, was forbidden (dont know where i read it, but i did).

[Tom Cruise HAWK]

Whom ever wins gold may mate with the dear leader to produce chubby baby sumo wrestlers for the majestic Korean people to marvel at.
Pizza is only allowed for 20% of the country the other 80% who are suffering a famine do not get pizza.
Dog meat pizza with soy sauce is very popular.

[Simon Cashmere]

People were saying no point for refrigerator with no food... but even if u had sone food there is no power, you can see where north korea starts because it is pitch black on a satellite overhead image. Ive spoken to a chinese communist official and said you've got to do more to keep NK under control. He said 'We try but they crazy!' He said it was common gor them to storm out of meetings even with the Chinese.

[Wetblowdryer]

People were saying no point for refrigerator with no food... but even if u had sone food there is no power, you can see where north korea starts because it is pitch black on a satellite overhead image. Ive spoken to a chinese communist official and said you've got to do more to keep NK under control. He said 'We try but they crazy!' He said it was common gor them to storm out of meetings even with the Chinese.

NK makes living in China seem bearable.

Are they allowed to practice religion?

Too bad none of them won't rebel. There is little hunger in South Korea, and they have close to double the population.

[Tom Cruise HAWK]

I think the south was always the bread basket due to better agriculture and less floods.
I believe the best thing for Korea both South and North is for them to unite and kill dear leader and his family but when kids are being educated to love the leader and hate the west and that the south is a american puppet then uniting will never happen.