Shocking propoganda video or farce?

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   snakeslaneposted 11 years ago

   This video has gone 'viral' today on MSN Canada:
   
   http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/nor … a-infopane
   
   Surely must be a farce? Any thoughts?

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   paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

   46.2 million Americans live below the poverty line.
   
   http://www.businessweek.com/articles/20 … lity-grows
   
   But that video is still a bit much...

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      snakeslaneposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you pdsearch, I was certainly not trying to make light of the hardships people are facing, just shocked by the video, wondering if this is how N America is actually being portrayed?

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   wildernessposted 11 years ago

   Beat laugh of the week - Thank You!
   
   I particularly liked that the birds (in the dead of winter) have all been eaten - they're yummy!
   
   That the wall phones no longer work - there's no one to call.
   
   That the poor, the lonely and the homosexuals all sleep together in one room - I presume you won't want to be gay in N Korea?
   
   That there's lots of snow in America to make coffee out of.  Wonder what they use in Texas?

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      snakeslaneposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      So you are thinking it's a farce?

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         wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         I really don't know.  It actually sounds like something I could see the N Koreans putting out for their own people, but they also have to know that most 1st world citizenry knows better.
         
         I also question why it is on the web at all - something sneaked out to MSN, completely faked, what?

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   innersmiffposted 11 years ago

   it's got to be a parody

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      snakeslaneposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      That was my first thought.

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      wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I'm going to get in line for a cake and some good N Korean coffee!  (Is coffee even common there?)

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         snakeslaneposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         I'm pretty ignorant about N Korea, but top news on Canadian radio today was US plans to establish 14 new anti nuclear missile sites on the west coast from Calif to Alaska because of the N Korea's latest sabre rattling.
         And then when I went online I found this!

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            wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I saw that, too.  At this point, a perfect response, I thought. 
            
            But this video is priceless.  I still can't decide if I want it to be true or it's better than some created a farce.  Funny as heck either way.

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               snakeslaneposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               I just went back to the site and it is listed under 'funny' and 'most watched' so I'm going to assume it's a parody. Sorry I missed that.

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   prettydarkhorseposted 11 years ago

   http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=df8_1362850413
   
   This is clearly a black propaganda.

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      snakeslaneposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Wow, it's everywhere. Thanks. I didn't register for LiveLeak so couldn't read the comments. Did you read them Pretty?

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         prettydarkhorseposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         No Sir.

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            snakeslaneposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            OK

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         wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         According to a couple of comments, from those claiming to understand Korean, the translation is a farce.  No mention of eating snow, eating birds or homosexuals.

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            snakeslaneposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Well there it is. Thanks wilderness.

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               wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               Now I'd like to hear an actual translation.  It's pretty obviously a propaganda film, but what are they actually saying?

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                  snakeslaneposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  It's Greek to me.

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   Sooner28posted 11 years ago

   Lol.  If this is really how the NK's portray us, I am quite disappointed with their lack of cleverness.

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      snakeslaneposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Looks really dated. May be a montage of old news clips. Curious. Interesting that it's gone viral. Definitely black, (Borat meets Monty Python). I wonder who made it.

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   BuckyGoldsteinposted 11 years ago

   I am very thankful for the handouts from North Korea they are yummy!

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      snakeslaneposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Ya, that should have alerted me that it was supposed to be a spoof.

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