Comments on: Inside the Land of No Smiles http://hurryupharry.org/2009/04/25/inside-the-land-of-no-smiles/ Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell people what they don't want to hear Fri, 25 May 2012 11:17:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Djanjo http://hurryupharry.org/2009/04/25/inside-the-land-of-no-smiles/comment-page-1/#comment-334551 Djanjo Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:34:33 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/?p=15968#comment-334551 Imagine my excitement when I heard the North Korean Tourist Board had a new advert out featuring a *topless* Kate Hudson. And imagine my disappointment when I eventually saw it, and discovered it wasn't Hollywood actress Kate Hudson but instead that other ghastly old moose. Imagine my excitement when I heard the North Korean Tourist Board had a new advert out featuring a *topless* Kate Hudson. And imagine my disappointment when I eventually saw it, and discovered it wasn’t Hollywood actress Kate Hudson but instead that other ghastly old moose.

]]> By: EscapeVelocity (nwo) http://hurryupharry.org/2009/04/25/inside-the-land-of-no-smiles/comment-page-1/#comment-334484 EscapeVelocity (nwo) Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:55:18 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/?p=15968#comment-334484 Im sorry Gene, I see that they have now worked out a limited Free Enterprise Zone so that the government can make sure the workers wont be exploited by the Corporations. Im sorry Gene, I see that they have now worked out a limited Free Enterprise Zone so that the government can make sure the workers wont be exploited by the Corporations.

]]> By: Gene http://hurryupharry.org/2009/04/25/inside-the-land-of-no-smiles/comment-page-1/#comment-334263 Gene Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:18:22 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/?p=15968#comment-334263 <i>Corporation free since 1952!</i> Completely ignoring my comment above... Corporation free since 1952!

Completely ignoring my comment above…

]]> By: EscapeVelocity (nwo) http://hurryupharry.org/2009/04/25/inside-the-land-of-no-smiles/comment-page-1/#comment-334257 EscapeVelocity (nwo) Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:09:06 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/?p=15968#comment-334257 They may not have full bellies, but they have free health care and education....even re-education and for the whole family. LOL! They may not have full bellies, but they have free health care and education….even re-education and for the whole family.

LOL!

]]> By: qidniz http://hurryupharry.org/2009/04/25/inside-the-land-of-no-smiles/comment-page-1/#comment-334233 qidniz Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:43:49 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/?p=15968#comment-334233 <i>Does North Korea look even remotely like emancipated labour?</i> Of course it does, if it isn't actually the living embodiment thereof. Why, look, there's no commodity production at all! As good socialists, they're starving instead. Does North Korea look even remotely like emancipated labour?

Of course it does, if it isn’t actually the living embodiment thereof. Why, look, there’s no commodity production at all! As good socialists, they’re starving instead.

]]> By: EscapeVelocity (nwo) http://hurryupharry.org/2009/04/25/inside-the-land-of-no-smiles/comment-page-1/#comment-334220 EscapeVelocity (nwo) Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:00:02 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/?p=15968#comment-334220 Corporation free since 1952! Cosnumerism free workers paradise! Corporation free since 1952! Cosnumerism free workers paradise!

]]> By: Gene http://hurryupharry.org/2009/04/25/inside-the-land-of-no-smiles/comment-page-1/#comment-334165 Gene Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:53:50 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/?p=15968#comment-334165 This is the most noteworthy bit of information from the photo essay: <blockquote>Two women work on an assembly line, packaging shirts by the American brand K-Swiss. “I imagine it’s illegal,” van Houtryve says. In Kaesong, the special economic zone on the southern border, South Korean companies hire North Korean workers at wages of $50 a month. The North Korean government allowed the zone’s creation after its near economic collapse and failure to prevent mass famine in the 1990s.</blockquote> Perhaps <a href="http://www.kswiss.com/content/athletes/#/anna_kournikova" rel="nofollow">Anna Kournikova</a> doesn't care about (or even know about) this. But the rest of us can take note and care. This is the most noteworthy bit of information from the photo essay:

Two women work on an assembly line, packaging shirts by the American brand K-Swiss. “I imagine it’s illegal,” van Houtryve says. In Kaesong, the special economic zone on the southern border, South Korean companies hire North Korean workers at wages of $50 a month. The North Korean government allowed the zone’s creation after its near economic collapse and failure to prevent mass famine in the 1990s.

Perhaps Anna Kournikova doesn’t care about (or even know about) this. But the rest of us can take note and care.

]]> By: Andrew http://hurryupharry.org/2009/04/25/inside-the-land-of-no-smiles/comment-page-1/#comment-334151 Andrew Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:25:54 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/?p=15968#comment-334151 I've always thought that whereas we take 1984 as being a warning, North Korea took the book as it's blueprint! Proles is a very apt description of most of the North Korean population! I’ve always thought that whereas we take 1984 as being a warning, North Korea took the book as it’s blueprint!

Proles is a very apt description of most of the North Korean population!

]]> By: Hot Dog Stands on the Moon http://hurryupharry.org/2009/04/25/inside-the-land-of-no-smiles/comment-page-1/#comment-334149 Hot Dog Stands on the Moon Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:22:58 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/?p=15968#comment-334149 It's as if radical San Fransisco anarchists ran Detroit. It’s as if radical San Fransisco anarchists ran Detroit.

]]> By: Stuart http://hurryupharry.org/2009/04/25/inside-the-land-of-no-smiles/comment-page-1/#comment-334144 Stuart Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:29:59 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/?p=15968#comment-334144 North Korea looks a bit like Croydon. Lots of concrete and cowed looking proles. North Korea looks a bit like Croydon. Lots of concrete and cowed looking proles.

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