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To: Pilgrim's Progress

what every decent North Korean citizen has been thinking for the past 20 years......You are a bit mistaken. In 1973 or 1974 I had to babysit a NK defector to hospital, dinner, haircuts, clothes etc. and he truly believed everything he had been told. He lived in a worker’s paradise, he was more educated, he had more rights than Americans, his clothing was superior, etc, etc. I hated the guy for his ignorance but did what I was told. I took him to a SK grocery store to get a pack of cigarrettes and he looked at all the food, merchandise, products, etc. and scornfully asked “But where do the REAL people shop? They can’t come in these staged stores, can they?” When he finally realized this WAS reality he almost was over come by shock. He would barely allow Dr.s, nurses, EMT’s to help him overcome his reaction. I was glad. I was off that detail.


12 posted on 05/07/2017 10:40:27 AM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Safetgiver

It sounds like the Russian pilot, Lt. Belenko, who defected to Japan with a MiG so the Americans could get a look at it. When he reached the States and was taken shopping in the DC area, he freaked out. He could NOT believe the abundance, and that there were no armed guards to prevent looting.


22 posted on 05/07/2017 11:27:30 AM PDT by Tucker39 (Known as the Father of modern agriculture)
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To: Safetgiver

If he was so privileged, why did he defect?


26 posted on 05/07/2017 1:18:48 PM PDT by jackibutterfly (We have to stop saying "How stupid can you get". Too many people are seeing it as a challenge.)
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To: Safetgiver

Why defect then?


34 posted on 05/07/2017 2:12:23 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Safetgiver

Kind of like how I felt when I moved out of New York city to the real United States.

Anybody who tells it like it is about Cory Gardner can’t be all that bad.

Tons of Rebel flags flying proud at Talledega yesterday, beautiful sight.


37 posted on 05/07/2017 2:17:22 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Safetgiver

If he really believed all that stuff... why did he defect?


55 posted on 05/11/2017 6:06:10 AM PDT by piasa
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