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5. Really this is the best we can do...

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 03:17 PM

Dec 2011

boycott a tribute for a mass murderer? North Korea needs a lot more than a boycott.

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Mass boycott leads to awkward silence at UN Kim tribute [View all] Violet_Crumble Dec 2011 OP

after reading the article Quantess Dec 2011 #1

Perhaps NK will remind the US and the others dipsydoodle Dec 2011 #2

How would you handle a tribute proposed for Hitler or Stalin? n/t 24601 Dec 2011 #4

A minute's applause, maybe. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2011 #6

Eisenhower gave condolences on Stalin's death David__77 Dec 2011 #7

And so did Churchill Spider Jerusalem Dec 2011 #9

Two thirds of the UN membership boycotted this, not just "the West." (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2011 #11

Not as far as I am aware generally accorded to dictators. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2011 #12

hmm, a fairly petty move i must say to boycott Bodhi BloodWave Dec 2011 #3

Really this is the best we can do... Kalidurga Dec 2011 #5

as do we. noamnety Dec 2011 #8

I would have been silent, but without standing up or bowing my head. philly_bob Dec 2011 #13