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Monday, December 12, 2011

There is a big irony here. N.Korea warns against Christmas lights near border

This sound very familiar. Many local governments in the USA, government run public schools, big retail chains and even the Governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee, Jr., warn not only against Christmas lights, but also Christmas trees, Christmas salutations and valedictions, cards and carols and anything that may be construed as Christmassy. Who is getting the totalitarian spirit of the season? ♘

N.Korea warns against Christmas lights near border
Dec 11 2011
North Korea warned South Korea on Sunday of "unexpected consequences" if Seoul displays Christmas lights near the tense border, and vowed to retaliate for what it called propaganda attempts.

The South's defence ministry said earlier it was considering a request by a Seoul church group to put up Christmas lights on a steel tower atop a military-controlled hill near the border.

The North's official website-- Uriminzokkiri-- called the plan "a mean attempt for psychological warfare" against the communist state and threatened to retaliate immediately when the lights are switched on.

The 155-metre (511 feet) hill in the South, about three kilometres (two miles) from the border, is within range of North Korean gunfire.

"The enemy warmongers... should be aware that they should be held responsible entirely for any unexpected consequences that may be caused by their scheme," it said.

"This issue... is not something to be ignored quietly," it said.-

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