Six Reasons Why N. Korea is Funniest Evil Dictatorship Ever

by Robert Koehler on March 23, 2009

Cracked.com lists six reasons why North Korea is the funniest evil dictatorship ever.

(HT to reader)

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1 R. Elgin March 23, 2009 at 9:21 am: . . . The Korean DMZ is the strip of land that straddles the border between North and South Korea, and is one of the most well preserved forest areas on the planet. This is because it is also home to an estimated one million landmines, so nobody is real interested in bothering it.

Yep. I also love land mines because it is the one thing that both North and South Koreans can understand; that unifying fear-of-death that cuts right through that “grab-the-money-and-run” way of thinking and I wish I had some for my neighborhood as well. Who needs urban planning when all it takes is a few land mines to discourage poor taste, bad judgement and corruption.

(sorry about the rant — really)
2 eujin March 23, 2009 at 11:05 am: Excellent, but I’m sure we can think of more than six reasons.

I was wondering the other day whether Kim Jong-il actually believes that they put a satellite up in 1998 with the same genuine conviction that I believe they did not. Maybe no one has the guts to tell him.

North Korea as a 12 year-old makes Zimbabwe look about 16. At least Zimbabwe shows some evidence of adult reasoning, like admitting that not every last person absolutely loves Uncle Bob.
3 WeikuBoy March 23, 2009 at 11:18 am: Laugh all you want, capitalist sleddogs, but the spelling & grammar in the excerpts from that webpage are head and shoulders above Standard Englishy. I don’t know if it’s a matter of contracting with native speaker consultants, or consulting with native speaker kidnap victims, but clearly the money is all up there on the screen.
4 IamMagical March 23, 2009 at 4:22 pm: I’m all against propaganda in general but this author has a weird sense of humor.

So there’s a reason stated, then a problem and then a solution?

This article feels really gen-x-ey with its kinda desperate kind way out there approach.
5 M-Man March 23, 2009 at 9:26 pm: But still Kim Jong-Il’s efforts were not enough to top the list of worst dictators.

Kim was at the top of the annual list in 2008 but fell behind Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir this year.

Chosun Ilbo article
6 setnaffa March 24, 2009 at 12:11 am: Too many dead for me to laugh…
7 lupin_the_4th March 24, 2009 at 1:26 am: “But still Kim Jong-Il’s efforts were not enough to top the list of worst dictators.”

If the North would let the UN Blue Helmets in to take an honest count, Kim Jong Il would surpass the Sudan in terms of Murderering Your Own People™.

If the North is judged by percentage… the North might beat Stalin and Mao. News at 11.