Kim Jong Il's funeral

28th December 2011, 08:26 AM

Up 5.45 to go into work (got to cover one day between christmas and new year).

Turned on Breakfast New and thought I was watching a Monty Python scetch with all the moaning, crying and wailing at Kim Jong Il's funeral.

I was waiting for them all to start crying out "We're all individuals."

Or better, a mass chorus of "So Wronry".

Harry Angstrom · 28th December 2011, 08:28 AM

Lucky for you you live in a western democracy, marra.

28th December 2011, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Harry Angstrom

Lucky for you you live in a western democracy, marra.

Not stricktly true (and I do sense sarcasm in the above

), as we only have a "true" say (ahem) when a general election is called. In between, the Great British Public is basically ignored.

I'm sure Dr. David Kelly would have plenty to say about freedom of speech without fear from persecution had he still been alive.

Still a better situation than North Korea mind.

Harry Angstrom · 28th December 2011, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Mackem_Beefy

Not strichtly true, as we only have a "true" say (ahem) when a general election is called. In between, the Great British Public is basically ignored.

I'm sure Dr. David Kelly would have plenty to say about freedom of speech without fear from persecution had he still been alive.

Okay, lucky for you you don't live in North Korea.

SKP · 28th December 2011, 08:35 AM

At first glance I thought this was a king kong 2 thread

28th December 2011, 09:18 AM

Mark my words, we'll have this all to go through when our former dear leader Margret Thatcher passes over to the other side.

Harry Angstrom · 28th December 2011, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Mackem_Beefy

Mark my words, we'll have this all to go through when our former dear leader Margret Thatcher passes over to the other side.

Just avoid the news and this place for a few days.

28th December 2011, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Harry Angstrom

Just avoid the news and this place for a few days.

I think the cheer that will go up in parts of this country will make the fact unavoidable. Imagine the loudest goal celebration you've ever heard.

Harry Angstrom · 28th December 2011, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Mackem_Beefy

I think the cheer that will go up in parts of this country will make the fact unavoidable. Imagine the loudest goal celebration you've ever heard.

"Thatcher" is dead now. Just a little sad old lady remains.

martinlumley · 28th December 2011, 09:44 AM

Watched a bit of it earlier. Tim Marshall on sky saying the people are brainwashed into believing whatever they are told. On his first ever round of golf , Kim Jong Il got eleven holes in one, witnessed by 19 bodyguards.