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The Spectacle Blog
North Korean State TV says the Dear Leader has departed. Here’s what Vaclav Havel, the anti-Communist hero whose death we also learned of today, had to say about about Kim Jong-il:
The Northern part of the Korean peninsula is governed by the world’s worst totalitarian dictator, who is responsible for taking millions of human lives. Kim Jong-il inherited the extensive Communist regime following the death of his father Kim Il-sung, and has shamelessly continued to strengthen the cult of personality.
He sustains one of the largest armies in the world and is producing weapons of mass destruction. The centrally planned economy and the state ideology of juche have led the country into famine. The victims of the North Korean regime number in the millions.
There’s more. And Christopher Hitchens, who passed away a few days ago, visited North Korea and wrote quite a bit about it; some samples here, here, and here.
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JimH| 12.19.11 @ 8:41AM
Unless R.I.P stands for Roast In Pandemonia.
chuck| 12.19.11 @ 8:43AM
Hell has a new resident. At least he's back with daddy.
Dark Humor| 12.19.11 @ 8:52AM
Certainly a sad day for the North Koreans. Of course, every day is a sad day for the North Koreans. But it is also a sad day for the sport of golf. Kim Jung-il was one of the greatest, known for twelve straight holes-in-one. Had he the chance to join the PGA tour, he would have rivaled Tiger Woods. But his country and people came first.
Curtis Rasmussen| 12.19.11 @ 3:40PM
Rot In Purgatory.
Occam's Tool| 12.20.11 @ 4:36PM
Something humorous, as the passing of this scumbag is very, very funny (Don't forget to watch Team America in his "honor"--
the NK random insult generator:
http://www.nk-news.net/extras/insult_generator.php
Occam's Tool| 12.20.11 @ 4:37PM
Should have closed parenthesis after "honor. " Sorry.