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| Kim Jong Il’s irrational beliefs sends triplets to orphanages |
| 2003-03-30 |
| (via instapundit, edited for brevity, it goes on: ) ALL triplets in North Korea are being forcibly removed from parents after their birth and dumped in bleak orphanages. The policy is carried out on the orders of Stalinist dictator Kim Jong-il, who has an irrational belief that a triplet could one day topple his regime. He won't be around long enough for these infants to threaten him...in fact I give him 2 years The number three is thought to be auspicious in North Korea and triplets are revered. It is believed they are likely to rise to positions of power, which accounts for Kim's insistence that they are all raised in state-run orphanages, where their development can be controlled. stunted with a diet of air and lead-paint chips more likely Officially, the policy was introduced to help poverty-stricken parents in a country where hunger is widespread. But aid agencies and diplomats have dismissed this: triplets born to high-ranking officials are also seized. that's gotta lend itself to loyalty to old jumpsuit boy "There is no doubt that the policy is compulsory and universal," a veteran Western diplomat told London's Daily Telegraph newspaper. "It may be officially atheistic and Stalinist, but North Korea essentially operates a state religion infused with superstition, astrology and a personality cult that glorifies Kim as a unique individual. He's unique all right — most parents would smother a similar goofball in the crib "You don't take any chances with rivals in that system," the diplomat said. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #3 There HAS to have been a North Korean Nostrodamus. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-03-30 21:37:51 |
| #2 North Korea has officially entered the land of myth and fable. Sheesh. |
| Posted by: Crescend 2003-03-30 14:31:09 |
| #1 Another prime candidate for post-partum abortion. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-03-30 13:43:28 |