bmags Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 If anyone noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 19, 2011 -> 12:00 PM) If anyone noticed. In the "celebrity is dead" thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Nothing will change in North Korea. They will still be living in 1984 land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkey Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Maybe the son will just take the cash. bolt for a real paradise and throw the keys to South Korea. Even being raised by that crazy-ass dad of his he has to know what like outside NK is really like. Being only 26, perhaps he just want to 'sow his oates', so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkey Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 19, 2011 -> 11:11 AM) Nothing will change in North Korea. They will still be living in 1984 land. Only 10% have electricity and running water. You give them too much credit for 1984. Shave a decade or 10 off that you may be in the ballpark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I saw a tweet "Kim Jong Il downgraded to Kim Jong Dead" I laughed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 He no ronger ronery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Hurtin Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 It that good or bad as far as North Korea goes? Is it going to be more of the same with his succesor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Dec 19, 2011 -> 11:42 AM) It that good or bad as far as North Korea goes? Is it going to be more of the same with his succesor? I would have to go with the stock response that we'll just have to wait and see. You'd hope that a younger person would be more in touch with reality and the possibilities of the world outside of North Korea, but you never know exactly how brainwashed or how much of a megalomaniac he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 From all accounts, it seems like his kid is just as bad as he is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 19, 2011 -> 11:48 AM) From all accounts, it seems like his kid is just as bad as he is... It wouldn't surprise me in the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 19, 2011 -> 11:48 AM) From all accounts, it seems like his kid is just as bad as he is... Yea, but does he have the same support and respect his Dad had? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 It's pretty terrible by all accounts, unfortunately. They are so backwards, and so poor, and so far behind their neighbors, that the surrounding states can't really afford to take in huge swathes of their people. Geopolitically it's just an awful situation. They are a rogue state just getting by on a black market economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 19, 2011 -> 11:51 AM) Yea, but does he have the same support and respect his Dad had? That is the best question of all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 19, 2011 -> 01:01 PM) That is the best question of all. I'd say a much better question is whether he has the control of that country's military. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 19, 2011 -> 12:02 PM) I'd say a much better question is whether he has the control of that country's military. Which falls directly under respect and support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Here they go again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkey Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 The popular guess is that the son does some sabre-rattling to show he is in command, sink a SK ship or something to try and show he da man and deserves respect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Dec 19, 2011 -> 12:04 PM) The popular guess is that the son does some sabre-rattling to show he is in command, sink a SK ship or something to try and show he da man and deserves respect! Missile test is supposed to be happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Dec 19, 2011 -> 06:04 PM) The popular guess is that the son does some sabre-rattling to show he is in command, sink a SK ship or something to try and show he da man and deserves respect! Yeah, I have many friends in SK at the moment and I'm worried about what might happen. For all the jokes and stuff, his death is pretty much as scary as his life. They are essentially a feudal system with a near perfect totalitarian-ruled country. That legacy aspect may cause some deeply non-sensical, and terrible, things to happen to retain that power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Dec 19, 2011 -> 11:37 AM) Maybe the son will just take the cash. bolt for a real paradise and throw the keys to South Korea. Even being raised by that crazy-ass dad of his he has to know what like outside NK is really like. Being only 26, perhaps he just want to 'sow his oates', so to speak. His son studied in Switzerland and was a huge NBA fan. He's westernized as hell. That doesn't mean he won't be a complete ass hole though. Edited December 19, 2011 by chw42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Dec 19, 2011 -> 11:38 AM) Only 10% have electricity and running water. You give them too much credit for 1984. Shave a decade or 10 off that you may be in the ballpark! I took it as 1984-land, as in Orwell's 1984. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 19, 2011 -> 12:07 PM) Yeah, I have many friends in SK at the moment and I'm worried about what might happen. For all the jokes and stuff, his death is pretty much as scary as his life. They are essentially a feudal system with a near perfect totalitarian-ruled country. That legacy aspect may cause some deeply non-sensical, and terrible, things to happen to retain that power. I have a college friend that is JUST leaving for his SK army duties this week, he's gotta serve 2 years for them and Im kinda scared as hell for him. Fortunately, he got into a program that works closely with the US army and will actually give him US citizenship after his tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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