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| Liquidation of Past Demanded in S. Korea |
| 2004-11-09 |
| Not really a spittle piece - more of a demented harangue kind o' piece. 43 bazillion RBU credits to anyone who can restate this such that it makes sense to normal native English-speakers. heh. American English preferred, plz! KCNA -- The All-People Committee for the Proper Liquidation of the Past reportedly called a press conference for "the declaration of a struggle to fully achieve a law on the proper liquidation of the past" in Seoul on Nov. 2, demanding that the political quarters buckle down to a comprehensive liquidation of the past. The declaration read out at the press conference noted that the conservative forces including the Grand National Party were shunning the liquidation of the past because they sought to defend their interests, swimming against the trend of the times towards the settlement of the grudges of the people who had to die tragic death at the hand of the power in the past. When a new society should be sought, not a step forward can be made without properly clarifying numerous scandals and murder cases distorted and concealed by the dictatorial power in the past, said the declaration. Vowing to fight undauntedly against the political forces trying to avoid a proper liquidation of the past and distort its real nature, it urged the ruling party get to work for a comprehensive liquidation of past and all the political circles demanding the liquidation cooperate with each other for a democratic reform. All the conscientious forces and bereaved families of those who fell in the fight for democracy and democratic organizations should rise up in the campaign for the institution of a law for the proper liquidation of the past, it stressed. "Have you seen the past?" "No." "You'd better hurry - they're cleaning it, you know." -Firesign Theater |
| Posted by:.com |
| #11 "North Korea is not at war with South Korea. North Korea has never been at war with South Korea." |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-11-09 11:47:36 AM |
| #10 Frank G Wins because he said the magic word... JUCHE We comprehensively liquidate the past to create fresh, steaming Juche for all to drink |
| Posted by: Anon1 2004-11-09 11:40:55 AM |
| #9 If you liquidate the past, do you remember that you liquidated the past, or do reliquidate the past again because you liquidated the memory of liquidating the past in the past? Just asking. |
| Posted by: john 2004-11-09 11:33:10 AM |
| #8 The gulag state never was. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-11-09 11:26:46 AM |
| #7 Yeah, ya don't want an improper liquidation of the past. That could get messy. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-11-09 11:21:05 AM |
| #6 What was the name of the first Chinese Emperor? The one who burned all the books, so that he would be the beginning of all knowledge? Sounds like the Norks are getting just as crazy to me... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-11-09 10:50:03 AM |
| #5 TRANSLATION: "All your base are belong to us"...? Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-11-09 10:46:25 AM |
| #4 It sounds as though they are going to convert the past into cash assets. A neat trick, that. Probably trying to take advantage of the post-election jump in stocks. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-11-09 10:08:48 AM |
| #3 sounds like there's a liquidation sale going on, on past models of the past. They've got next years' models of the past coming on the lot and there's no place to put 'em. They're BLOWING THEM OUT! Get Juche now! did I win? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-09 9:52:47 AM |
| #2 Sounds to me like a "Truth and Reconciliation" kind of scheme, ala South Africa and various places in South America. The phrase liquidation of the past sounds appropriately Orwellian though. |
| Posted by: Spot 2004-11-09 9:22:44 AM |
| #1 I'm sure this makes perfect sense in Korean. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-11-09 9:20:44 AM |