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Ichingcarpenter

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10. From the documentaries I've seen over the years on NK

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 29, 2011, 01:38 PM

Dec 2011

I believe the grief was real since they have known nothing else in their lives.

If one is barraged from birth to death with only one view
one history, one man.....day in day out.

The documentaries were pretty sobering.

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Undoctored photo from Kim Jong Il's funeral [View all] Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 OP

That totalitarian motherfucker got AT-ATs? HughBeaumont Dec 2011 #1

Joseph Goebbels is smiling from Hell. Lint Head Dec 2011 #2

Government manipulation of facts prepperdad Dec 2011 #3

Also, I believe the Beatles' faces have been airbrushed into A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #4

Yeah I know but I thought mine was funnier.. notice Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 #6

Pods like Body Snatcher Pods? A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #7

close up photo.... Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 #9

Whats more interesting is the line of people behind the crowd Confusious Dec 2011 #11

Wow, I guess Kim Jong was ILL after all. :) Sorry, I had to do that. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #5

Olbermann did it first: "Kim Jong Il has been downgraded to Kim Jong Dead." 1monster Dec 2011 #14

After the extreme public grief in the UK over Princess Diana, I can believe the behaviour muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #8

From the documentaries I've seen over the years on NK Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 #10

What's striking to me gratuitous Dec 2011 #12

Great point. lapislzi Dec 2011 #13

Definitely programmed responses that reflect a shared expectation of behaviour. Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #16

I watched it too on line Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 #17

I am calling Bullshit, no way do they have that nice a car Motown_Johnny Dec 2011 #15