Kerryman a big fan of Kim Jong Un

Foxhound38

At least according to the Indo.

It's difficult to find words for the delusion here. Would it be wrong of me to substitute any real point I was going to make and instead put a Kerryman joke here?

michael999999

Foxhound38 wrote: »

At least according to the Indo.

It's difficult to find words for the delusion here. Would it be wrong of me to substitute any real point I was going to make and instead put a Kerryman joke here?

Sure didn't the Dubs elect Bertie for decades!

Icyseanfitz

numpty, as a fello kerryman id like to tell this fela to get his head out of his fecking arse

BeardySi

The aspiring journalist added:

Says it all, gob****e out to make a name for himself with the lefty media....

Koptain Liverpool

This is a great documentary about the group this guy is associated with. Bunch of absolute headcases.
I find it hard to believe anyone could be so daft as to think all the horror stories about North Korea are propaganda. These people must have alterior motives such as media attention, financial gain somehow etc

mikom

In his home in the parish of Causeway, 22-year-old Antoin Fletcher co-ordinates activities for the Irish branch of the Korean Friends

Bogger she wrote.

I'm a bogger too, by the way.

Omeceron

I thought it was going to be one of the Healy-Raes.

Fr_Dougal

Good man himself, wait 'til he tries to go visit the US.

biko

Kimmy needs all the friends he can get.

Havermeyer

The Korean Friends Association "has 20 members with more joining all the time."

Something doesn't add up.....

Corvo

It just had to be a Kerryman didnt it.

schnitzelEater

nummnutts wrote: »

The Korean Friends Association "has 20 members with more joining all the time."

Something doesn't add up.....

They only had 10 members last week. They are growing at a rate of 100% a week.

My name is URL

How is this even worthy of attention?

Riddle101

Though he has never visited the county, the unemployed activist told me

That's all I needed to know. Guy's never been to North Korea so he has no idea what he's talking about. Guy needs to rethink his life.

old hippy

Treadhead wrote: »

Says it all, gob****e out to make a name for himself with the lefty media....

What "lefty" media? In Ireland?

There's no left leaning media in Ireland anymore. Nothing that shifts units, at any rate...

old hippy

Riddle101 wrote: »

That's all I needed to know. Guy's never been to North Korea so he has no idea what he's talking about. Guy needs to rethink his life.

That said, I'm pretty much sure we all have opinions on NK (and many other places we haven't visited), no?

Benny_Cake

Koptain Liverpool wrote: »

This is a great documentary about the group this guy is associated with. Bunch of absolute headcases.
I find it hard to believe anyone could be so daft as to think all the horror stories about North Korea are propaganda. These people must have alterior motives such as media attention, financial gain somehow etc

I saw that a while back, the Spanish guy is a piece of work and is actually a North Korean citizen. When the day comes that North Korea rids itself of the Kim regime I would imagine they won't look to kindly on foreigners who provided propaganda for their oppressors.

ballsymchugh

Benny_Cake wrote: »

I saw that a while back, the Spanish guy is a piece of work and is actually a North Korean citizen. When the day comes that North Korea rids itself of the Kim regime I would imagine they won't look to kindly on foreigners who provided propaganda for their oppressors.

yep, read about him before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Cao_de_Ben%C3%B3s_de_Les_y_P%C3%A9rez

funny he doesn't live there though..

sfwcork

Think his the healy raes cousin

He moved onto this after the drink driving permit went t!ts up

Heard his boycotted the local thai restaurant

Tonyandthewhale

The former Causeway Comprehensive Secondary School pupil...

...yup, definitely a well informed political pundit.

feargale

I'm saving up my money to emigrate to the socialist paradise of North Korea. Maybe Antoin Fletcher will come there with me.

awec

Does he really try and use North Korea as an argument FOR socialism / communism?

Iwasfrozen

awec wrote: »

Does he really try and use North Korea as an argument FOR socialism / communism?

Yeah he's obviously not the smartest.

TINA1984

Cork City FC supporters got your back DPRK

Bob the Seducer

Ain't no party like a Pyongyang party cause a Pyongyang party is ABSOLUTELY COMPULSORY!

Ravelleman

I actually did some research on this for my masters.

North Korea actually went through something of a boom in popularity as a kind of 'third way', which combined developmentalism and national liberation. The economy was actually a massive success story for a while. Obviously all of that has gone to crap though.

There appeared to be a couple of groups operating in Ireland but when I tried to get in touch the emails bounced.

I always thought it would be funny to buy a North Korean patch and sew it on to my bag. People would probably mistake it for the Cuban flag, which would be funny.

dd972

This Senior Pakistani Diplomat has roots in The Kingdom, bit of a curveball

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashraf_Jehangir_Qazi

feargale

dd972 wrote: »

This Senior Pakistani Diplomat has roots in The Kingdom, bit of a curveball

Kerry footballers could do with him now.

pimpernel

Bob the Seducer wrote: »

Ain't no party like a Pyongyang party cause a Pyongyang party is ABSOLUTELY COMPULSORY!

lol

CucaFace

People like this really should be made to go and live there won stupid beliefs.

He should be shipped off to NK to live for 2/3 years and then come back and tell us all about it.

I’ve seen other idiotic lefties on here also try to claim that Cuba is a great place to live and its only the US media that portray it so poorly, and also that Venezuela is a shining example of how to run a country.

Sergeant

It's the capitalist system that allows him to get an extremely generous dole payment.

I'm sure if Antoin feels that strongly about this then he'll refuse to take the money off the capitalist pigs who have us all under the yoke of tyranny and greed.

Zer0

If anything he's just trying to get his name out there and create a buzz around himself as he said he was an aspiring journalist.. so maybe if he goes for an interview in Rathmines or the local community college in Tralee, they might pause and think "sure aren't you a great fella there fighting for what you believe in... here's a place.."

crockholm

Has anyone posted North Kerreya yet?

Sergeant

Zer0 wrote: »

If anything he's just trying to get his name out there and create a buzz around himself as he said he was an aspiring journalist.. so maybe if he goes for an interview in Rathmines or the local community college in Tralee, they might pause and think "sure aren't you a great fella there fighting for what you believe in... here's a place.."

I see a bright future for him posting articles to Indymedia.

Or blogging about his experience on a 'peace' flotilla.

iDave

This causes a diplomatic headache for the Peoples Republic of Cork. Historically they would ally themselves to regimes such as NK but never would a Corkman want to be on the same side as Kerry

crockholm

Any chance of peace talks between Antoin's North Kerreya and the leader of South Kerreya, Jak Ki Rae?

Ray Palmer

It is kind of funny I am sure there are concentration camp in NK but that is based on media that could be lying to me. Wonder why he is so sure they don't exist. He could be right.

The only problem is I watched a program about eye operations in NK and there was such strange behaviour that I don't believe is possible without fear. 1000 have eye operations performed by 1 man. Once the patients had their bandages removed they didn't thank the doctor but worshipped the picture on the wall.

That plus the former officer in a camp describe the camp make me believe there are concentration camps.

It sounds like NK is posturing to try and get payment from the west. It doesn't sound like they have any friends left with Japan, China and Russia all pretty much siding with the UN and US.

I doubt he actually believes what he is say but if he does he is deranged.

tony007

Sergeant wrote: »

It's the capitalist system that allows him to get an extremely generous dole payment.

I'm sure if Antoin feels that strongly about this then he'll refuse to take the money off the capitalist pigs who have us all under the yoke of tyranny and greed.

Eh, no.

King of Kings

CucaFace wrote: »

People like this really should be made to go and live there won stupid beliefs.

He should be shipped off to NK to live for 2/3 years and then come back and tell us all about it.

I’ve seen other idiotic lefties on here also try to claim that Cuba is a great place to live and its only the US media that portray it so poorly, and also that Venezuela is a shining example of how to run a country.

But cuba is a great place to live - or at least it was when I was there.
a bit behind western culture in money and technology but a great place to live with quality healthcare, nice country and sea.

Ray Palmer

King of Kings wrote: »

But cuba is a great place to live - or at least it was when I was there.
a bit behind western culture in money and technology but a great place to live with quality healthcare, nice country and sea.

Really. How long did you live there for? When I read about it, it sounded pretty horrible for people living there. Most westerns seemed to be kept away from the reality of the people there. Healthcare is one thing they seem to have going for them but massively restricted due to equipment and supplies.

Always thought Cubans should be brought to western countries to show them how to recycle as they seem to have figured out so many clever ways to do it.

crockholm

King of Kings wrote: »

But cuba is a great place to live - or at least it was when I was there.
a bit behind western culture in money and technology but a great place to live with quality healthcare, nice country and sea.

Had a sibling there recently,and was told that,yes it is a beautiful country,but the lives of ordinary joes is pretty crap. Even the hotel maid,who would have a comparitavely good salary was pilfering anything that was left in the room once they left.


When you see parents willing to cross 60 miles of shark-infested water with their kids on an inflated tractor tyre,you know that something is amiss.

Riddle101

old hippy wrote: »

That said, I'm pretty much sure we all have opinions on NK (and many other places we haven't visited), no?

It's just seems to be a bit of a bold statement from this guy, to talk about North Korea's human right's abuse as being a myth, as well as the living standards in the country without seeing it for himself. I'd just like to know where he get's his information from.

fishy fishy

Ray Palmer wrote: »

Really. How long did you live there for? When I read about it, it sounded pretty horrible for people living there. Most westerns seemed to be kept away from the reality of the people there. Healthcare is one thing they seem to have going for them but massively restricted due to equipment and supplies.

Always thought Cubans should be brought to western countries to show them how to recycle as they seem to have figured out so many clever ways to do it.

you need to brush up on your "reading" of cuba - don't knock it until you go there. the thing is with reading is that you are reading someone else's opinion - find out for yourself before you take on someone else's opinion. :P

Bipolar Joe

No one thinks the reason Cuba, despite being a pretty great country, is behind in terms of tech and so on might be because of a fifty year embargo?

cgc5483

Only in the Kingdom.

Reminds me of the headline on the independent site on Saturday

"Kerry warns North Korea over missle launch"

Thought for a second it referred to the county.

Cody Pomeray

what is the relevance of him as a kerryman?

When was the last time you saw Bertie Ahern or Mina Bean Uí Chribín referred to as Dubs?

Or when was the last time someone said 'Only in Dublin' about them?

Ray Palmer

fishy fishy wrote: »

you need to brush up on your "reading" of cuba - don't knock it until you go there. the thing is with reading is that you are reading someone else's opinion - find out for yourself before you take on someone else's opinion. :P

I am not knocking it, I am specifically asking what was it like. You have effectively said I am wrong for asking about the place.

As for reading being somebody else's opinion you will find that not all reading is opinion but some is actually factual information.

I can go to Paris and eat, shop and party with the top of society. Does it mean I know what the country is like? No, I am also aware of social unrest there as it is in the media from there and internationally. With Cuba not so but I am aware of political policies in the country that are unsavoury along with seeing vastly run down places. I am aware it has to do with embargos but that is their reality.

One of the reasons I haven't gone is because holidays there mostly consist of compound holidays where you don't get to know the country nor people.

So please enlighten me with your vast experience of the country as that is what I am curious about. :P

CucaFace

fishy fishy wrote: »

you need to brush up on your "reading" of cuba - don't knock it until you go there. the thing is with reading is that you are reading someone else's opinion - find out for yourself before you take on someone else's opinion. :P

I think the fact that so many people risk their lives in tiny little dingys to get to the US says more then anything about actual state of living in that country.

I met a Cuban Taxi driver here a few years ago. He was even afraid to meet other Cubans here in case they were somehow connected to the Govt back home and what could possibly then happen to his family back in Cuba.

fishy fishy

Ray Palmer wrote: »

I am not knocking it, I am specifically asking what was it like. You have effectively said I am wrong for asking about the place.

As for reading being somebody else's opinion you will find that not all reading is opinion but some is actually factual information.

I can go to Paris and eat, shop and party with the top of society. Does it mean I know what the country is like? No, I am also aware of social unrest there as it is in the media from there and internationally. With Cuba not so but I am aware of political policies in the country that are unsavoury along with seeing vastly run down places. I am aware it has to do with embargos but that is their reality.

One of the reasons I haven't gone is because holidays there mostly consist of compound holidays where you don't get to know the country nor people.

So please enlighten me with your vast experience of the country as that is what I am curious about. :P

how do you know that holidays to cuba consist of compound holiday where you'd don't get to know the country or people? Who told you that....lemme guess...someone who just wants to go on holiday and sit on a beach all day - poor fools. A holiday is what you make it - a lot of people go on "compound" holidays to spain, portugal, etc and are quite happy to do so.

AGain, I say, stop listening to other peoples opinions - get up and find out for yourself - you will be pleasantly surprised. Don't post about things you don't know about yet.

fishy fishy

CucaFace wrote: »

I think the fact that so many people risk their lives in tiny little dingys to get to the US says more then anything about actual state of living in that country.

I met a Cuban Taxi driver here a few years ago. He was even afraid to meet other Cubans here in case they were somehow connected to the Govt back home and what could possibly then happen to his family back in Cuba.

LOL

Ray Palmer

fishy fishy wrote: »

how do you know that holidays to cuba consist of compound holiday where you'd don't get to know the country or people? Who told you that....lemme guess...someone who just wants to go on holiday and sit on a beach all day - poor fools. A holiday is what you make it - a lot of people go on "compound" holidays to spain, portugal, etc and are quite happy to do so.

AGain, I say, stop listening to other peoples opinions - get up and find out for yourself - you will be pleasantly surprised. Don't post about things you don't know about yet.

Again no information wonder why you can't give any details.:rolleyes: Not seeing any illustration you know what you are talking about

I looked at booking a trip there and that was pretty much all that was available from Ireland. So you see I did some research and it didn't appeal to me due to many many recommendations/warnings etc... about what a trip there was like. I normally research where I go to and it has proved useful.

Amazingly I am not going to risk both my holiday time and money to get to a place that is actually awkward and expensive to get to based on no information. I didn't post anything I didn't know about.