Punished for not crying: Thousands of North Koreans face labour camps for not being upset enough about death of Kim Jong-il

Punished for not crying: Thousands of North Koreans face labour camps for not being upset enough about death of Kim Jong-il. “The authorities are handing down at least six months in a labour-training camp to anybody who didn’t participate in the organised gatherings during the mourning period, or who did participate but didn’t cry and didn’t seem genuine.” Wonder if Jimmy Carter and the other celebutards who praised this place will join in the labor-training camp fun.

This post was last modified on January 14, 2012

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  • Story that I missed on the MSN. I am not surprised. Legislation of emotions and thoughts is tyrannical.

  • How the hell do they define genuine sarrow? Were they supposed to beat thier faces against walls, jumping out of skyscrapers or start cutting thier wrists? Those are some sick chinks they got running that show. You know punishments like this would give Obama orgasms and Marchelle would probably consider eating people alive.

  • Perhaps we too should consider punishing bad acting. The next time some idiot like Sean Penn or Jeanine Garafalo gives us one of their cinematic gems, can we please punish them?

    • I notice Olivia doesn't involve herself in things like this. These nightmares warm her heart. She doesn't want folks here to know she truly loves communism so deeply. Where are you? Bring it on Ollie.

  • Gee, we didn't call this one, did we? Hey! My Dear Sweet Olivia! Check it out! Oh, I know, they're just unsubstantiated rumors.

    • Seriously, how many of us said we thought they were crying for the cameras? As it turned out, I guess they still didn't cry enough!

  • Only the smart people at the funeral were crying because they knew another nightmare was just beginning.

  • Isn't this the place the OWS tards said was paradise? Lets round em up and ship them to NorthKorealand to participate in all the glorious fun.

  • If they had an economy they could have given everyone an onion to peel so they'd have real tears.

  • well, of course they need to be sent to the labour camps and hopefully they will get some re-education on the importance of maintaining and perpetuating the official government propaganda!