tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post7649106089801032502..comments2023-10-30T02:18:50.850-07:00Comments on the spitting vessel: Nourishment Needs for North Koreadurano lawayan a.k.a. brad spithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10432711769928256631noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post-1925804826524904422008-05-11T01:16:00.000-07:002008-05-11T01:16:00.000-07:00Hi Fitness Diva,All military regimes I suspect suf...Hi Fitness Diva,<BR/><BR/>All military regimes I suspect suffer from this mental state, overlooking reality for a much larger purpose - the perpetuation of themselves in power. What other purpose is more sacrosanct than that if you are out of your mind? <BR/><BR/>The thought that they're revered by their people (real or imagined) only accentuates that purpose; and self-justifies their continued rule over a citizenry whose only claim to dignity is the one they force themselves to believe their leader has. <BR/><BR/>It's like, if our leader loses face, the nation loses face, so we must sacrifice everything for our benevolent leader.<BR/><BR/>This is breeding a whole country and a new generation of cultists who could be prodded towards extremism. That's scary. :-) --Durano, done!durano lawayan a.k.a. brad spithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10432711769928256631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post-45117126100300933282008-05-10T09:27:00.000-07:002008-05-10T09:27:00.000-07:00"they are all insane, but are crazy enough not to ..."they are all insane, but are crazy enough not to realize they are"<BR/><BR/>That's a great description. I know a few people who fit it exactly! ;)<BR/><BR/>This is horrific, the conditions these people are forced to live under, all while having to embrace and display this blind loyalty and patriotism to a country that pretty much imprisons them, body and mind.<BR/>I saw a program on National Geographic channel not to long ago on North Korea, and the degree to which the people are brainwashed into believing that their present leader Kim Jong Il, and his father before him are the greatest and most benevolent and kind, while the contrary is the actual truth, was just plain scary.<BR/>There was an insanity and suspension of reality in these people brought about by pure indoctrination and fear. They had no clue or concept of how to speak their own minds. They dared not.<BR/><BR/>The refusal of aid in both N. Korea and Myanmar is just ridiculous. It's a shame that nothing can really be done about either.The Fitness Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616336355234339736noreply@blogger.com