Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Good stuff, the news has been pretty boring recently. Hopefully Sky send Kay Burley to cover it. Either way, #PrayForGuam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Got the radio on in the background at work. Is N Korea planning to bomb Gwar? GWar don't look very happy about the prospect.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryHill Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 9 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: Got the radio on in the background at work. Is N Korea planning to bomb Gwar? GWar don't look very happy about the prospect.. Who cares? Huh? What they good for? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 59 minutes ago, HenryHill said: Who cares? Huh? What they good for? That was Edwin Starr. not Gwar. Huh huh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryHill Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Shandon Par said: That was Edwin Starr. not Gwar. Huh huh. I thought it was jackie chan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 2 hours ago, HenryHill said: Who cares? Huh? What they good for? Quite. Wish they'd relax, not do it, when they want to go to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Good stuff, the news has been pretty boring recently. Hopefully Sky send Kay Burley to cover it. Just coming to the end of two weeks off. So I'll be pissed off if things kick off on Monday morning. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryHill Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 1 minute ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said: Just coming to the end of two weeks off. So I'll be pissed off if things kick off on Monday morning. I would rather be nuked on a monday than on the weekend 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 20 minutes ago, HenryHill said: I would rather be nuked on a monday than on the weekend 20 minutes ago, HenryHill said: I would rather be nuked on a monday than on the weekend Don't fret, Everyday is like Sunday, so no Mondays on the horizon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 One of these days, the world will have to make a massive apology to a country once called Korea. I am sure you know your history but for those that don't, after the Second World War, Germany was split in two and families were separated. Many people elsewhere said "I don't give a shit. You started the war - you deserve whatever you get." Similarly a lot of people were not too bothered that two atom bombs were dropped on Japan. (Although a quarter of those killed in Hiroshima were Koreans who had not chosen to be there) How does Korea come into this? Bad location basically. The Russians wanted a piece of Japan and the USA said No. "We fought the Japanese for nearly four years - and you fought them for less than four days!" On this point I tend to agree with Americans. However, as a fob, the Americans agreed to split Korea - because it was nearby and hey nobody knew much about it. So lovely Joseph Stalin (who kind of accidentally killed millions of his own people and Poles and others and what have you) got North Korea and the USA took charge of South Korea. Both halves were pretty dreadful. In the North, if you said Kim Il Sung was having a bad hair day - you went to prison - or you were shot. In the South, if you said Kim Il Sung was having a good hair day (unlikely but bear with me) then you went to prison - or you were shot. Somebody in the South went to prison for saying the North was better at growing pumpkins! Personally, I have no wish to ever grow pumpkins at all. Later on, around the time of the Seoul Olympics and they abandoned dictatorship - the South improved. I am sure there are people who can tell me how awful the South is - but I seriously doubt it is as bad as the North. Anyway, back to North Korea. It's shit. Public executions are commonplace and compulsory to watch. Nobody trusts anyone - not even their own family. Famine happens. Most corrupt country in the world (or joint first with Somalia - if you insist) Everything its government does is to ensure those in power stay in power and don't stand trial for war crimes. Yes. North Korea is a monster but the USA is the Dr Frankenstein that created it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades75 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Fullerene said: One of these days, the world will have to make a massive apology to a country once called Korea. I am sure you know your history but for those that don't, after the Second World War, Germany was split in two and families were separated. Many people elsewhere said "I don't give a shit. You started the war - you deserve whatever you get." Similarly a lot of people were not too bothered that two atom bombs were dropped on Japan. (Although a quarter of those killed in Hiroshima were Koreans who had not chosen to be there) How does Korea come into this? Bad location basically. The Russians wanted a piece of Japan and the USA said No. "We fought the Japanese for nearly four years - and you fought them for less than four days!" On this point I tend to agree with Americans. However, as a fob, the Americans agreed to split Korea - because it was nearby and hey nobody knew much about it. So lovely Joseph Stalin (who kind of accidentally killed millions of his own people and Poles and others and what have you) got North Korea and the USA took charge of South Korea. Both halves were pretty dreadful. In the North, if you said Kim Il Sung was having a bad hair day - you went to prison - or you were shot. In the South, if you said Kim Il Sung was having a good hair day (unlikely but bear with me) then you went to prison - or you were shot. Somebody in the South went to prison for saying the North was better at growing pumpkins! Personally, I have no wish to ever grow pumpkins at all. Later on, around the time of the Seoul Olympics and they abandoned dictatorship - the South improved. I am sure there are people who can tell me how awful the South is - but I seriously doubt it is as bad as the North. Anyway, back to North Korea. It's shit. Public executions are commonplace and compulsory to watch. Nobody trusts anyone - not even their own family. Famine happens. Most corrupt country in the world (or joint first with Somalia - if you insist) Everything its government does is to ensure those in power stay in power and don't stand trial for war crimes. Yes. North Korea is a monster but the USA is the Dr Frankenstein that created it. Don't forget the floods. America bombed the dams in Korea to ruin crops, land and settlements. The legacy of famine and starvation is one that the Americans started. It's a war crime and Nazis at Nuremberg were executed for the same thing. Or the time America negotiated a truce with North Korea, ending the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region, until Dubya took office and included them in his axis of evil. So North Korea started developing nukes again. Or the time America ran simulated nuclear attack programs near to the North Korean border.......oh, this one's still happening. North Korea is one fucked up disaster of a country. But there's two sides to the story. Edited August 9, 2017 by Shades75 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Well they've announced they're going to release their plans for a missile launch towards Guam in the next couple of days. What's the bets that they dinghy it at the 11th hour, thus reinforcing their image (in North Korea at least) as promoters of peace and harmony? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Actually if you ever heard an American say "I'm in Guam" with a strong nasal accent - you would probably want to nuke it too! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 On 8/2/2017 at 10:30, Jacksgranda said: Could you take virginton with you? Why does v**ingTON come out as virginton?? Because he is a middle aged virgin. Glad I could help. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 (edited) Local news today on Guam. https://www.postguam.com/news/local/ Edited August 11, 2017 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 On 8/9/2017 at 21:22, Fullerene said: One of these days, the world will have to make a massive apology to a country once called Korea. I am sure you know your history but for those that don't, after the Second World War, Germany was split in two and families were separated. Many people elsewhere said "I don't give a shit. You started the war - you deserve whatever you get." Similarly a lot of people were not too bothered that two atom bombs were dropped on Japan. (Although a quarter of those killed in Hiroshima were Koreans who had not chosen to be there) How does Korea come into this? Bad location basically. The Russians wanted a piece of Japan and the USA said No. "We fought the Japanese for nearly four years - and you fought them for less than four days!" On this point I tend to agree with Americans. However, as a fob, the Americans agreed to split Korea - because it was nearby and hey nobody knew much about it. So lovely Joseph Stalin (who kind of accidentally killed millions of his own people and Poles and others and what have you) got North Korea and the USA took charge of South Korea. Both halves were pretty dreadful. In the North, if you said Kim Il Sung was having a bad hair day - you went to prison - or you were shot. In the South, if you said Kim Il Sung was having a good hair day (unlikely but bear with me) then you went to prison - or you were shot. Somebody in the South went to prison for saying the North was better at growing pumpkins! Personally, I have no wish to ever grow pumpkins at all. Later on, around the time of the Seoul Olympics and they abandoned dictatorship - the South improved. I am sure there are people who can tell me how awful the South is - but I seriously doubt it is as bad as the North. Anyway, back to North Korea. It's shit. Public executions are commonplace and compulsory to watch. Nobody trusts anyone - not even their own family. Famine happens. Most corrupt country in the world (or joint first with Somalia - if you insist) Everything its government does is to ensure those in power stay in power and don't stand trial for war crimes. Yes. North Korea is a monster but the USA is the Dr Frankenstein that created it. Quote North Korea is a monster but the USA is the Dr Frankenstein that created it. Umm, doesn't all that say that it was the Soviets that created it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 14 minutes ago, NewBornBairn said: Umm, doesn't all that say that it was the Soviets that created it? It is the Stalinist system that made it the awful place it was and still is but that would not have happened if the Americans had not suggested dividing Korea in the first place. It is worth a thought that if Japan had surrendered a week earlier, before the Soviets got involved - then maybe Korea would not have been divided in the first place. Obviously that is alternative history - but all the same. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 It is the Stalinist system that made it the awful place it was and still is but that would not have happened if the Americans had not suggested dividing Korea in the first place. It is worth a thought that if Japan had surrendered a week earlier, before the Soviets got involved - then maybe Korea would not have been divided in the first place. Obviously that is alternative history - but all the same. Or they hadn't bombed Peril Harbour etc etc etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Just now, John Lambies Doos said: Or they hadn't bombed Peril Harbour etc etc etc Sounds like a dangerous place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotfree Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I'm confused with all this talk that NK was formed because of Russia. Was it not the Chinese that fought on the side of NK? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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