Mass hypnosis: Yellow is the new communist Red

31 May 2009 - Filed under Life Outside Work

“I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you.”
“I’ve never been so ashamed of being a citizen of this country – a country that kills its own president.”
“I feel like I’ve lost everything.”
“We will remember you forever. Mr President, you’re in our hearts.”
“I don’t want to talk to the media; they are also responsible for his death.”
“You will be my president forever.”
“I must have loved him. I thought I liked him but now that he is gone, I realise my feelings towards him were much more than that.”
“He has become a star of political responsibility, love, truthfulness, and self-esteem.”

Is it just me or is this reminiscent of the religious North Koreans mourning the passing away of their Great Leader in 1994?

Criminal to hero, prosecution to worship
Only this time, it’s not the Great Leader or the Dear Leader of the communist North who passed away. It’s the late Mr Roh, the disgraced former president of the rational, constitutional, democratic South who committed suicide while under intense investigation for bribery and colluding with the communist regime of the North. I must say it’s been a remarkable turnaround, though: By ending his own life, not only did he cleverly put an end to the investigation into the alleged crime, but he has also ignited once again the ideological rage that denies democracy in the name of democracy. As with the infamous candles, I can only describe this sea of yellow as “mass hypnosis” as I am not able to make any sense out of it. This, in my opinion, is a crisis far direr than the nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM’s) the North is purported to be able to fire into its neighbours and the continental U.S.

2009-05-31  »  JK