North Koreans Forced to Grieve Over Loss of "Beloved" Leader.

Is this what we have to look forward to? Forced public grieving? 

Nah, that could never happen in America.

But, supposedly, this is exactly what occurred in North Korea. It actually makes sense. After all, you have to admit it was a little hard to believe that the North Koreans were genuinely upset by the death of that sawed-off little dictator.

It appears like father, like son, as the regime is handing out sentences of at least six-months in labor camps for anyone who did not cry, or cry hard enough, anyone who didn't go to organized mourning events, and/or for anyone who dared to criticize dictator Kim Jong-il.

Those who tried to leave the country, or even made a mobile phone call out, were also being disciplined, it has been claimed.

Even the bears cry over the loss of this little "man".

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Executing Saddam Hussein

I am probably in the minority, but I find the execution of Saddam Hussein troublesome, knowing full well the savage, murderous environment he created for so many people. There is no doubt he will go down in history as one of the most brutal dictators that ever lived. Yet, watching him take his final steps to meet his executioners disturbs me on some level. I don't see how the premeditated execution of a man, any man, heinous as he may be, is incommensurable with what he is being executed for.

The irony is many of the people who fight for capital punishment are the same ones claiming they trust God implicitly... yet they cannot trust God enough to decide how and when the fate, of what they believe He created, should be.

Who gives any man the right to play God?

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