Posted on 01/03/2014 10:41:27 PM PST by John Semmens
Reports that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un had his uncle Jang Song Thaek executed by feeding him to a pack of 120 ravenous dogs was met with mixed reactions in the US.
On the one hand, some environmental activists expressed relief that the traditional “bullet-to-the-back-of-the-head” method previously used by North Korea had been avoided. “Lead shot is a major factor in environmental pollution,” said Global Advocates for Environmental Awareness spokesperson, Laura Looney. “Granted, the absolute impact of one bullet is tiny. However, the turn toward a more organic method of disposal of unwanted criminals is a powerful symbolic statement that presents a model we hope others will follow.”
On the other hand, Sunny Day, vice-president of Citizens Against Cruelty to Animals found the event to be “horrifying in its brutality. These 120 dogs were starved for three days and then were given only six humans to eat in the execution. On top of that, these humans were thrown into the cage alive and were able to injure many of the dogs before they were killed. Other dogs injured each other in the feeding frenzy.”
Day said she hoped that “North Korea would more carefully plan any future executions using this method to ensure that no animals are harmed in the process. Perhaps the condemned could be tied up or otherwise immobilized and the ratio of dogs to people kept at a more reasonable level to better guard against injury.”
In related news, the White House listed the doubling of the dogs in residence as one of the Administration's accomplishments for the year 2013. During the year, Sunny, a female Portuguese Water Dog, joined Bo, a male Portuguese Water Dog, who moved into the White House in 2009. President Obama said he has no plans to include either dog in any future executions, “the drone strikes have been completely satisfactory in that regard.”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/148018-2014-01-03-semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-january-5-2014.htm
Well, you got me.
According to the piece I posted above they apparently keep dogs like these for this and other related purposes. I doubt this was something that just popped up at the spur of the moment, assuming of course it actually happened. The ChiCom-controlled press who released the story could very well have been playing with the facts themselves.
I’d be surprised to find out there were 120 live dogs in North Korea.
One would like to think so. But as we see time after time, this isn't always the case. A lot of people use FR as their first source for info, then pass it on to others. And if the facts aren't straight, the real story gets compromised and loses its credibility, at least in some folks minds.
(Good one John!)
NKorean Dog food now comes with more Uncle?
No controversy whatsoever in Pyongyang, mind you
Of ourse, you have to feel sorry for the dogs. It’s animal abuse that they have to eat a foul thing like ‘lil kim’s uncle.
Thanks again for the ping. Funny stuff.
Perhaps they are kept by the regime for just that purpose.
Ahhh you fell for it this time. Usually it is me...haha.
Nope, he committed suicide after being told he had to meet with Dennis Rodman.......
Death by 5,000 chihuahuas. The yapping alone would drive one insane.
The good thing was that uncle and his imperialist dog associates were stripped first, and the other dogs (those feasting on the imperialist dogs) did not have to deal with the various inedible objects stuck between their teeth, because as you probably know dogs do not know how to use toothpicks.
Uncle wasn’t hormone free. PeTa OUTRAGED!
Made me chuckle out loud! Thanks for the ping.
A duck hunter says homosexuality offends the Christian religion, and it CAUSES OUTRAGE!
A communist dictator has his uncle eaten by dogs, and it “sparks controversy.”
FUNNY STUFF!
PING!
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