First International Joke of 2013

Jimbuna · 01-01-13, 10:41 AM

I'm not sure many will feel he is being truthful and sincere or convincing for that matter....they say a leopard never changes its spots.

Quote:

The North Korean leader has delivered a new year's message on state TV, the first such broadcast for 19 years.
Kim Jong-un, in power since 2011, spoke of the need to improve the economy and also to reunify the Koreas, warning that confrontation only led to war.

Kim Jong-un said 2013 would be a year of creations and changes, calling for a "radical turnabout" that would transform the impoverished, isolated state into an "economic giant" and raise living standards.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20880301

Platapus · 01-01-13, 11:12 AM

Change will come slow in the DPRK. Unfortunately in such countries the status quo is the status quo. The older guys are dying off. I hope that KJU will be able to make some more changes than KJI had.

AVGWarhawk · 01-01-13, 06:39 PM

One never knows. Yes, the older thoughts and ideals are dying with the men that possess them. Something new emerges with the young. Perhaps a dream or fantasy but all the same a different path and train of thought. Each leader has their own aspirations.

Jimbuna · 01-02-13, 06:31 AM

Well here's hoping all the outcomes are of a positive and peaceful nature.

Skybird · 01-02-13, 07:20 AM

Some days ago I read a report about him that indicated that he is even more brutal and murderous than his father and grandfather ave been. To imagine that he may bring change in a positive way because the ideas of his forefathers died with them, currently I do not waste one second for.

He also has the whole rats tail of privileged and corrupted military elites in his neck.

I read the whole speech apparently very different, to me it is a threat, not a sign of hope. When talks about reuniting the Koreans and bringing change, I only ask myself: bringing change at what direction: towards the North - or towards the south. Are the Koreas to be united on basis off the Southern model - or is it meant to be the North swallowing the South, "nothernizing" it that way?

I am quite certain I know the answer already.

This "news" thus is a non-news to me. It is pure propaganda. Bad things do not just leave all by themselves. Evil people don't just leave either.

Jimbuna · 01-02-13, 07:28 AM

You could well be right Sky and I have suspicions you may well be but I also feel he should be given a chance first...heaven knows, the world gave his predecessors plenty.

01-01-13, 11:12 AM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Change will come slow in the DPRK. Unfortunately in such countries the status quo is the status quo. The older guys are dying off. I hope that KJU will be able to make some more changes than KJI had. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

01-01-13, 06:39 PM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	One never knows. Yes, the older thoughts and ideals are dying with the men that possess them. Something new emerges with the young. Perhaps a dream or fantasy but all the same a different path and train of thought. Each leader has their own aspirations. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-02-13, 06:31 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Well here's hoping all the outcomes are of a positive and peaceful nature. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-02-13, 07:20 AM	#5
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,604 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Some days ago I read a report about him that indicated that he is even more brutal and murderous than his father and grandfather ave been. To imagine that he may bring change in a positive way because the ideas of his forefathers died with them, currently I do not waste one second for. He also has the whole rats tail of privileged and corrupted military elites in his neck. I read the whole speech apparently very different, to me it is a threat, not a sign of hope. When talks about reuniting the Koreans and bringing change, I only ask myself: bringing change at what direction: towards the North - or towards the south. Are the Koreas to be united on basis off the Southern model - or is it meant to be the North swallowing the South, "nothernizing" it that way? I am quite certain I know the answer already. This "news" thus is a non-news to me. It is pure propaganda. Bad things do not just leave all by themselves. Evil people don't just leave either. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-02-13, 07:28 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You could well be right Sky and I have suspicions you may well be but I also feel he should be given a chance first...heaven knows, the world gave his predecessors plenty. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!