For all those who openly mocked the North Koreans for their displays of abject grief.

[TalkingDog]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/north-korea-reportedly-to-punish-those-who-didnt-properly-mourn-kim-jong-il/2012/01/12/gIQAZsKvtP_blog.html

North Koreans who did not properly mourn the death of their “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-Il will now be punished, the Daily NK reported Wednesday. The punishment applies to all those who did not seem genuine or profuse enough in their crying.

The Daily NK, a South Korea-based online newspaper run by critics of the North Korean government, reports that punishment will include six months in a labor training or re-education camp.

/snip

Here is hoping you have received a clue.

[Johonny]

1. did not seem genuine or profuse enough in their crying.

So if you did cry they could punish you if they think you faked it. So you are damned if you did damned if you didn't. Nice country there.

[sharp_stick]

2. Most of the mocking I saw

was at the mere contrivance of such an idiotic display, not so much the people obviously forced to do it.

It's like the idea of the magpies crying over the statue of great daddy. Everyone knows the damned birds are tied to the tree branches but there's no way in hell anyone is going to say anything about it.

Fear is a wonderful tool for the assholes running that hellhole.

[Quantess]

3. That sounds like fascism to me.

Forcing people to feel an emotion. or else suffer the consequences.
Or at least put on a passable performance.

Huge egos should be illegal in rulers, in my opinion.

[lapislzi]

4. Were there enough onions in all of North Korea

for the people to hide in their handkerchiefs?

[lpbk2713]

5. The beatings will continue until morale shows an improvement.

[Broderick]

6. This is surreal stuff

I can't imagine the ego that enforces this and under what belief system they feel the need to punish those who were not grief stricken enough. I can't fathom it.

[joeybee12]

7. Please note that the paper is run by critics of the NK government

Could be true...might not be true.

[WingDinger]

8. We could send them official cryers. Boehner, and Beck.

[treestar]

11. LOL!

Either of them could do it alone!

[SunsetDreams]

19. I thought Republicans were against Diplomacy

but....

[slackmaster]

9. Thanks. Now I'll openly mock them for failing to overthrow their evil government.

Engaging in revolt when it's needed is a core responsibility of being a citizen.

[TalkingDog]

12. Starve yourself down to a sub-optimal weight, then we'll talk.

"There are many fairly obvious symptoms of starvation. The most noticeable symptoms of starvation are irritability, lethargy, and difficulty paying attention. People who are starving are often preoccupied with thoughts of food and have very little energy. The combination of the distraction and lack of energy can produce irritability."

[slackmaster]

17. I'd kill for food before I allowed myself to get that far

Does anyone have a good recipe for government officials?

[TalkingDog]

18. Good luck with that complete and utter control of your Universe thing.

Hope that works out for ya.

[sharp_stick]

14. Yeah those lazy bastards

good thing for the NK government that a real life he-man such as yourself isn't in country or I'm sure it would be game over. Just like Skyrim man... FUS-RO-DAH and end of the tyranny!

[slackmaster]

20. If Albania can do it, the NKers can do it too.

For our part, we should be beaming unrestricted satellite Internet feeds all over the country and smuggling in satellite-enabled Internet receivers, Japanese comic books, guns, and ammunition.

[waddirum]

22. basically loaded I-phones / I-pods

We should catapult them over the DMZ.

[Marrah_G]

24. They are starved, brainwashed, frightened and unarmed

It's sort of like blaming the women in Afghanistan for not being able to throw out the Taliban.

[LanternWaste]

29. Of course you will.

"Now I'll openly mock them for failing to overthrow their evil government..."

Of course you will. Actual assistance in affecting change would be too inconvenient, and would cut into your message board time, too.

[frylock]

31. if that were the case, you'd be typing this from prison..

you know, after your attempt to overthrow the evil govt of GWB.

[treestar]

10. They deny it, and they don't even think it possible to fake!

North Korea's state-run news agency KCNA responded immediately to the report, calling it “a smear campaign.” The agency pointed out that even bears and magpies mourned the death of their Dear Leader.

They would not want to even think that anyone would fake it. It's a cult with all the advantage of having the state behind it.

[quinnox]

13. wow, sounds like a satire piece

scary that it is real. "The punishment applies to all those who did not seem genuine or profuse enough in their crying." I guess if I had to I could have put on a pretty good crying act for the authorities pleasure. lol. I would be rolling around on the ground as part of the climax!

[gratuitous]

15. Watch a certain major political party in the United States

People who exhibit insufficient grief over the passing of their Dear Leader, and who fail to heap the proper amount of encomiums on him are subject to punishment by the Party.

[waddirum]

23. I heard that the Virginia GOP is making all primary voters...

... sign a loyalty oath to the Dear Party.

[The Genealogist]

28. Perhaps an ad targeted at Virginia GOP voters featuring this story

would help them reconsider signing such an oath. Today, sign an oath to Die Partei, and soon enough the slippery slope will lead to reeducation camps for not crying with proper gusto when Boehner turns on the water works. Show plenty of shots of the over-the-top mourning from NK. GOP prattles on about a communist socialist blah blah Obama, then demands an oath of allegiance to Die Partei. Absurd.

[polly7]

16. That's what I was afraid of.

Thanks for this, I did say the display was weird and creepy and saw no tears .... now I know why. How horrible for them.

[MNBrewer]

21. THe mocking I saw explicitly stated that they were doing it because they would be punished if not.

[LeftinOH]

25. I only mocked them for strapping Kim Jong Il's body to the roof of

a 1976 Lincoln.

[Morning Dew]

27. Is that Mittens in the driver's seat?

[Logical]

26. LOL....you sound like you warned us not to mock them.

[TalkingDog]

30. Nope, just a more elegant way of saying, you dumb-asses should have had a clue.

without explicitly calling people dumb-asses. I'm nice that way.

[Logical]

32. Let me guess, you are one of those "I told you so" people. I know some of them. They are correct....

about once a year but make sure to always point it out.

Congrats!

[TalkingDog]

33. Nope, I'm not telling anybody so.

You offered a challenge to my wording. I offered an explanation.

And as for correct. I'm not trying to be correct. I'm trying to be human. You should try it some time.

[Logical]

34. Let me give you some advice on "Being Human".....

next time do not end your post with the arrogant "Here is hoping you have received a clue." message.
I promise it will be accepted better!
Carry on!