Kerryman a big fan of Kim Jong Un

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.

AnonoBoy

Bet he's a boardsie and posts in the Conpiracy Theory forum. :pac:

scamalert

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

Great video,with total douche ba*s on it,guy goes imperialist world is ruled by 30 percent wealthy and others have to suffer,where in NK theres one c*nt ruling and 99.99% have to suffer.btw watched only 2mins of them clowns.

Suryavarman

awec wrote: »

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

Well it was either going to be North Korea or Cuba. Socialist countries aren't very common these days.

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

The fact that the Cuban government makes it so hard to leave Cuba tells me everything I need to know about it. Countries that are great places to live don't make it almost impossible to leave that country.

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

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?

Cuba is free to trade with any country other than the US. Trying to pin the blame for Cuba's economic failings on an embargo with one country is a bit of a stretch.

Ray Palmer

Suryavarman wrote: »

Cuba is free to trade with any country other than the US. Trying to pin the blame for Cuba's economic failings on an embargo with one country is a bit of a stretch.

That isn't quite true. The US government put blocks on other countries dealing with them and subsidiaries of US companies also can't trade with them. That said it is mostly because they have no money and owe money to other countries that they can't get goods. Their credit is no good and when USSR stopped giving them aid they were in more trouble hence they used up credit. North Korea suffered from the same cut and people starved.

stoneill

Korea has never been the same since Klinger, Hawkeye, Radar and rest of them left.
Ah we had such a laugh!

BigBrownBear

Rabbitte and Gilmore were great admirers of North Korea around 20 years ago in their Workers Party days

King of Kings

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.

I wasn't there for too long - 2 months.
But the people seemed happy and I had no minders like one would have in North Korea so I wasn't "kept" from anywhere or anybody.

Bob the Seducer

Bob the Seducer wrote: »

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

Op,op,op, Op-Pyongyangan style!

Ray Palmer

King of Kings wrote: »

I wasn't there for too long - 2 months.
But the people seemed happy and I had no minders like one would have in North Korea so I wasn't "kept" from anywhere or anybody.

I have seen people be happy elsewhere but in poverty so I wouldn't consider that much of a gauge. It's not like you are meeting people who spoke out about the government.

I wasn't suggesting minders just foreigners don't really go outside certain areas so don't see a lot. What did you do there and how widely did you travel?

I am really curious as I had planned to go there until I looked into it further.