Kim Jong-il died

[Tonkyhonk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16239693

thanks to Eratrade for mentioning it on chat i wasnt watching tv till he told me.

[ravenguard19]

[bitza]

well i'm sure he went full tradition first

[Tonkyhonk]

oh no doubt. he never moved his sliders to "change" afaik.

[ravenguard19]

He had "human rights" slider on -5 ...

[Tonkyhonk]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/ ... 8K20111219

[jorb]

The dear leader!

[painhertz]

Although it isn't nice to say that someone dying is a good thing, this is a huge boon to the people of North Korea. His son who is suspected to succeed him went to school in Switzerland, is a gamer and apparently is WAY more westernized than Kim was. We may well see the reunification of Korea in our lifetimes and the freeing of the northern peoples not to mention getting a handle on those damned nukes.

[AandAM]

Fuck yea the Sunglass Pig is Dead

[burgingham]

Although it isn't nice to say that someone dying is a good thing, this is a huge boon to the people of North Korea. His son who is suspected to succeed him went to school in England, is a gamer and apparently is WAY more westernized than Kim was. We may well see the reunification of Korea in our lifetimes and the freeing of the northern peoples not to mention getting a handle on those damned nukes.

Power corrupts. I don't have any high expectations in him to change anything for now tbh, but we will see. Mabye he actually develops a feeling on how bad his country is doing as a whole.