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| Rodong Sinmun calls for demonstrating might of single-hearted unity | |
| 2003-05-10 | |
| KCNA -- Rodong Sinmun today in an editorial calls for fully demonstrating the might of the single-hearted unity in hearty response to the calls of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. The single-hearted unity is Kim Jong Il's revolutionary philosophy and serves as a weapon more powerful than a nuclear weapon, the editorial says, and goes on: When the whole army is rallied around the headquarters of the revolution and all the people get united and share sweets and bitters with the leader to become a community linked with the same destiny can they achieve final victory of the revolution despite any storm and the worst adversity. This is the steadfast faith of Kim Jong Il. A great era is unfolded in the DPRK where the army and people live, guided by the idea of single-hearted unity, advance in its spirit and emerge victorious with its might. The single-hearted unity in the DPRK represents a great harmonious whole with the headquarters of the revolution at its core and guided by the Songun idea and an eternal community linked with the same destiny as the whole party and army and all people share sweets and bitters with the leader, ready to devotedly protect him. We can emerge from any difficulties and trials only when we are single-heartedly united. This is the results of the review made of the history of the struggle in the last decade in which our people could bring about only victories and miracles despite severe ordeals in the period of the "arduous march," the forced march. Noting that the single-hearted unity around the headquarters of the revolution and socialism represent a community linked with the same destiny, the editorial calls on all its members to hold higher the banner of safeguarding the headquarters of the revolution no matter how desperate enemies become in their moves for aggression, bearing deep in mind that the destiny of the country and the nation and the fate and future of the people depend on how to defend the headquarters of the revolution.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #11 7.0 Good display of drooling lunacy marred by spastic repetion of the three same phrases. |
| Posted by: Watcher 2003-05-11 06:51:20 |
| #10 *holds up card* 8.4. Good performance, adequate length, but somewhat lacking in descriptive prose of the fate of invading armies. good showing with regard to ass kissing. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-05-10 16:29:02 |
| #9 There's a school of thought that says that North Korean rhetoric gets most shrill right before they're about to give in to something. One reason is so when the crisis dies down, the Party can turn around and say to the people, "You see, the strength of the people, led by the Great Leader/Dear Leader/Fat Guy with a Bad Do, has scared the imperialists away!" They've done that on a number of occasions before. BTW, about the run-on sentences, Korean allows for constructions that would ordinarily be termed run-ons in English, and North Korean rhetorical style seems to call for monsterously long sentences. If you're a translator in Pyongyang who has never met a native speaker, I could imagine you'd have trouble breaking up the sentences into something reasonably intelligible to most of the English-speaking world. I tried to translate one of KCNA's Korean-language posts the other day, and truth be told, even I had trouble doing it without resorting to run-ons. Gave me a friggin headache. |
| Posted by: The Marmot 2003-05-10 16:04:39 |
| #8 I'll give it an 6.4. Points taken off for no mention of the "sea of fire", or Kimme's trying out syringes. Also, no mention of reckless nations running amuck. Still, adequately breathless prose. /Russian Judge |
| Posted by: Crescend 2003-05-10 15:50:30 |
| #7 9.9! I don;t think there is a threat of a sea of fire... |
| Posted by: Brian 2003-05-10 15:03:40 |
| #6 What is it about Communist dictatorships and run-on sentences? |
| Posted by: Dushan 2003-05-10 11:15:00 |
| #5 arduous march = through the DMZ minefield |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-05-10 10:41:24 |
| #4 The "arduous march". Ha! Yeah, we'll be damned if that showoff Mao will one-up us! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-05-10 10:38:30 |
| #3 Wonder how many are genuinely stark, drooling mad, and how many are only pretending? Mind you, given the behaviour of their brothers and sisters south of the DMZ, the signs don't look too encouraging. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-05-10 10:33:43 |
| #2 An entire nation gone stark, drooling mad. Kinda frightening. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2003-05-10 10:14:12 |
| #1 What is it about Communist dictatorships and run-on sentences? |
| Posted by: Dushan 5/10/2003 11:15:00 AM |