A now-viral video shows a North Korean TV newscaster deeply and emotionally disturbed by the death of her country's dictator, Kim Jong IL In tears, it seems as if she can barely finish the story. Then, too, there are some other leaked videos that seem to show the whole country in deep mourning.
If these pictures and videos are not being staged, we may be seeing an extreme example of the Stockholm Syndrome whereby the captives have positive feelings towards their captor; no matter how evil or hurtful they may be. In this case, we had a cruel dictator who, for nearly two decades, tortured, starved, and killed an unknown toll of possibly thousands upon thousands of his own people. Literally, he created a closed society of slaves to both himself and the state of North Korea. Yet, we now see all this outpouring of sorrow and tears. Sorrow because they know no better. Kim Jong IL spent his life preventing his people from knowing no other life than the ones they have. Maybe someday, this imprisonment of an entire country will end. But, certainly, it will not end as long as another "Kim Jong" despot remains in power and people are being held in darkness.
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