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I do have rather strong feelings against France and envy anyone who can get into a nuclear war with them. Even if all those KJI statues are very nice to look at on holidays.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2011 at 15:47
Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

I find it remarkable that anyone would be hurt by comments made about any western political leader. Even among their most ardent supporters.

I can't imagine what goes on the minds of people who are that sensitive about remarks made about people they a) don't know and b) demonstrably don't give two flying sh!ts about them..


Indeed.  I find it really weird how anyone can get so upset about someone who they never met.  The amount of grief on show when Diana died was astounding and actually quite worrying.  I realise some of those grieving had met her or had been affected by her in some way (by her charitable endeavours) but not all of them.  It was very odd to me.

The same for Michael Jackson.

If one of my favourite musicians died tomorrow, I'd be upset.  I wouldn't go to their funeral procession though.  I would not grieve in public.  I'd be upset for a short while and would play their albums for a week maybe but that would be it.

If I was a good friend of them, that would be different though.

I think this is a brilliant a well observed post. I feel exactly the same way about these appalling public displays of "grief", and those in the media poking fun at a clearly brainwashed population in N Korea should really look a little closer to home.

BTW, as for offending people, i have to say that poking fun at political leaders (dead or alive) and placing their antics in a satirical or offensive box is actually a very healthy thing in a democracy. The day we start worrying about offending people by doing this would be a sad one indeed - actually, the start of the long road towards totalitarianism.


Here's an article on the whole grieving thing:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16262027
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^ Ha I read that earlier.Tongue
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Here's an article on the whole grieving thing:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16262027

I saw clips of this on the morning news and had to wonder how much of it was genuine or just for show.
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I found it by accident when going on the BBC site for something else. Tongue
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Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

I do have rather strong feelings against France and envy anyone who can get into a nuclear war with them. Even if all those KJI statues are very nice to look at on holidays.

Hmm.... that's an interesting statement. Ever been there, or just afraid of the unknown?
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Don't cry for me North Korea.........
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His son is bound to be less amusing.
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Don't cry for me North Korea.........

I'll be singing that all bloody day nowLOL
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Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

I do have rather strong feelings against France and envy anyone who can get into a nuclear war with them. Even if all those KJI statues are very nice to look at on holidays.

Hmm.... that's an interesting statement. Ever been there, or just afraid of the unknown?


You don't need to have been in France to know that this country must be nuked to the ground.

Trust me.
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Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

I do have rather strong feelings against France and envy anyone who can get into a nuclear war with them. Even if all those KJI statues are very nice to look at on holidays.

Hmm.... that's an interesting statement. Ever been there, or just afraid of the unknown?


You don't need to have been in France to know that this country must be nuked to the ground.

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The North Koreans called it a "cruise ship" and tried to establish a business model to attract wealthy tourists from China, but to the New York Times reporter on board in September, the 40-year-old boat was more like a "tramp steamer" on which "vacationers" paid the equivalent of $470 to "enjoy" five days and nights at sea. More than 200 people boarded the "dim" and "musty" vessel, "sometimes eight to a room with floor mattresses" and iffy bathrooms. The onboard "entertainment" consisted not of shuffleboard but of "decks of cards" and karaoke. Dinner "resembled a mess hall at an American Army base," but with leftovers thrown overboard (even though some of it was blown back on deck). The trip was capped, wrote the Times, by the boat's crashing into the pier as it docked, knocking a corner of the structure "into a pile of rubble." [New York Times, 9-13-2011] LOL
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Unclear on the Concept

The North Koreans called it a "cruise ship" and tried to establish a business model to attract wealthy tourists from China, but to the New York Times reporter on board in September, the 40-year-old boat was more like a "tramp steamer" on which "vacationers" paid the equivalent of $470 to "enjoy" five days and nights at sea. More than 200 people boarded the "dim" and "musty" vessel, "sometimes eight to a room with floor mattresses" and iffy bathrooms. The onboard "entertainment" consisted not of shuffleboard but of "decks of cards" and karaoke. Dinner "resembled a mess hall at an American Army base," but with leftovers thrown overboard (even though some of it was blown back on deck). The trip was capped, wrote the Times, by the boat's crashing into the pier as it docked, knocking a corner of the structure "into a pile of rubble." [New York Times, 9-13-2011] LOL
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Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

I do have rather strong feelings against France and envy anyone who can get into a nuclear war with them. Even if all those KJI statues are very nice to look at on holidays.

Hmm.... that's an interesting statement. Ever been there, or just afraid of the unknown?


You don't need to have been in France to know that this country must be nuked to the ground.

Trust me.


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Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

Originally posted by Angelo Angelo wrote:

Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

I do have rather strong feelings against France and envy anyone who can get into a nuclear war with them. Even if all those KJI statues are very nice to look at on holidays.

Hmm.... that's an interesting statement. Ever been there, or just afraid of the unknown?


You don't need to have been in France to know that this country must be nuked to the ground.

Trust me.


At last, the truth can be told!




Do you want another terrible, ugly truth? I do am French (and I also like to butcher the English grammar, but let's say it's quite clean compared with my abilities to speak Spanish, Italian or Portuguese).
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How did those people come to follow those kind of leaders ?
 
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