Comments on: Drug Lord Country?

By: Iceberg

Iceberg — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:14:38 +0000

Dude, could you call us right before the overdose so we can all come and watch?

By: swlee

swlee — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:40:29 +0000

I love the adrenaline rush speed and danger draw, Like blowin’ into my milkshake ’stead of suckin’ up the straw. One day I’m gonna go right over the top. And keep on blowin’ after my mum tells me to stop.Choose bad smack, put Omo in your coke, Cold power in your hoota, Drive in your dope; Choose bad smack, don’t choose life: Leaves you high, and your clothes whiter than white. The ball’s in the net, the run’s on the board; Be like your sporting heroes, make sure you’ve scored.

By: swlee

swlee — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:47:38 +0000

I wish I could find that paper I read about how the decriminalization of marijuana smoking for recreational purposes in North Korea had lowered uptake rates for harder drugs. It showed that party cadre were less likely to snort lines of cocaine and the price of ecstasy tablets had plummeted as demand dropped off.
The journal paper also drew attention to a corresponding rise in importation of 20 inch rims and larger as higher party officials began spending more of their disposable incomes on investing in their private vehicles, buying chrome wheels, high-profile rubber, dvd screens for the back of the front seats, etc. Even a growth in the market for sub woofer, amplifiers and other car audio system paraphernalia was attributed to the decriminalization of marijuana and the down turn in trade of harsher drugs.
However, the paper did suggest that the rise in the market for “bling” products may have been fueled by increased exports of traditional Korean dog and snake soju, as well as a boom in the eastern european market for Juche texts (Up 235% two 16,000 pages in 2005).

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:32:09 +0000

Could SWLEE be a reincarnation of Jack Reed?
There never is a dearth of useful idiots is there?

By: lirelou

lirelou — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:35:18 +0000

Yes, it appears as if Mr. Lee has some serious reading up to do on North Korea, particularly in the “traditional culture” department. Lots out there written by Lankov, but also Korean scholars. Wish I could remember the paper I read tracing North Korea’s Arirang games to the Manchukuo experience, and drawing interesting parallels which underscored the more Japanese imperial nature of the Nork government. (i.e., under the Choseon Dynasty, the king was not an immortal, whereas the Juche philosophy virtually paints the Kim clan as descended from Gods.)

Reminds me of all the good things I used to hear about Cuba in the 1970s.l

By: big mike

big mike — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:31:39 +0000

reading the last 20 posts it is like you are all on meth

By: dogbert

dogbert — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:44:02 +0000

So North Korea defends traditional Korean culture? I suppose if traditional Korean culture is the worship of Chinese-looking midgets, poor resource management, dishonesty, backwardness, sheeplike behavior, and putting millions of people in concentration camps, than Kim is your man. Funny how many rabidly anti-Western Koreans flock to live in Australia, New Zealand, and North America, when it’s only a short trip across the border for them to enjoy full self-actualization as Koreans.

By: littlebrownasian

littlebrownasian — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:19:05 +0000

Ah, they never do shit on their own backyard, to they?

By: aaronm

aaronm — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:14:25 +0000

Reparations for the colonial period would entail some kind of acknowledgement, saying sorry for or even counter reparations on behalf of the DPRK for years of sponsoring terrorism, kidnapping, infiltration and a host of other naughty acts, wouldn’t they, SWLee? Let’s not even start on what they might owe for starting the Korean war. As for allowing them to develop nukes for peaceful purposes, you might like the idea of countries such as Syria benefitting from proliferation, but I for one don’t.

As for your earlier nonsense about this being some kind of black ops, I wish I could introduce you to a couple of friends who worked on the Pong Su case in Australia back in 2006. Nevertheless, I’ll give you a link that might refresh your memory in respect to North Koreans trying to smuggle heroin into Australia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asi.....837484.stm

And if you actually are there (as your locator flag insists), enjoy the fruits of that particular NK trade endeavor next time your DVD or car is stolen by a bunch of junkies.

By: MrMao

MrMao — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:02:42 +0000

Awesome. NK has a liberal attitude on drugs. I love it.