The story is about a relatively privileged student, “Jun-sang,” at the
time of the death of Kim Il-sung (North Korea’s “eternal president”).
The death is announced, and Jun-sang finds that he cannot cry; he feels
nothing for Kim Il-Sung. Yet, surrounded by his sobbing classmates, he
suddenly realizes that “his entire future depended on his ability to
cry: not just his career and his membership in the Workers’ Party, his
very survival was at stake. It was a matter of life and death” (p. 98).
So he forces himself to cry. And it gets worse: “What had started as a
spontaneous outpouring of grief became a patriotic obligation … The
inmiban [a neighbourhood committee] kept track of how often people went
to the statue to show their respect. Everybody was being watched. They
not only scrutinized actions, but facial expressions and tone of voice, gauging them for sincerity”
Ah, the extents humans will go to ignore what their brain know is true to abide by an ideology they know is false.
Ha. Just try having a skeptical facial expression or tone of voice during mandatory diversity / environmental awareness / sexual harassment training and see what happens to you.
ReplyDeleteCaptain, isn't this exactly the same process as political correctedness ?
ReplyDeletePC is a marxist tool to make you agree with something that you find ridiculous, false or immoral. In this process, you lose your own self-respect, individuality and become easy prey for manipulation.
The insanity associated with this bastard's death is on display here if you need a refresher:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSLJYbhXCkE
Look at the little hamsters at 0:47. REALLY? Your countrymen are starving and dying because this little shit, and THIS is how you act?
Yes....sad to say....we are forced to do the same circle jerk too. PC, diversity, harassment....Now we get into bullying. Christ, holding ANY opposing opinion is going to be grounds for punishment.