Thanks
Have any of you stopped to think that these agrarian reformers were simply trying to reach out to us on our Independence Day? Although the fireworks in my back yard were certainly more spectacular, I don't fault the North Koreans for trying, and no one was hurt in my backyard, or theirs. Around here, we call that "success."
As far as keeping the CHICOM trains goes, it's kinda tough to feel sorry for the former owners, even if they stole'em fair and square from some other country. But since the CHICOM still build way cool coal-burning steam locomotives from plans they stole from England and the US, they really can't be all bad. Can they?
One other thing, if the NKs really want to join in the wholesome Fourth of July family fun, they simply have to drop this "Dong," nomenclature from their quaint pyrotechnics. It simply causes 12-year-olds to smirk knowingly at each other and causes the younger children to ask embarassing questions.