All Dogs Go to Heaven Early
by Paul Jacob, Contributing Author: In July, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un declared possessing pet dogs to be a “decadent trend” from the West.
Along with eating well and living without fear of one’s government.
Oh, not that last bit.
But, apparently — and there are many news stories, if not much exactitude or certainty — he did order all dogs confiscated.
Why?
Well, reports vary. A search of DuckDuckGo will yield much speculation and a few sparse facts.
A South Korean newspaper relayed a leak saying that Un called dog ownership “a ‘tainted’ trend by bourgeois ideology.”
How could dogs have been with us for tens of thousands of years, and may have been key to our species’ success, yet somehow now be “decadent” and “tainted” and “bourgeois”?
And, for that matter, a “trend.”
How many tens of thousands of years does it take to make a trend? On Twitter, it takes just a few minutes!
There is a lot of talk of a COVID-19 famine (on top of the Kim Family Famine that has been trending for decades) and meat shortages. I’ve read reports that the dogs are to go to restaurants. And then there is the business about higher-ups in the Hidden Kingdom’s un-hidden but Un-ridden hierarchy who have been taking advantage of a cultural loophole to display their status with expensive pet dogs from the West.
Un prefers his displays of status, apparently, to be public executions and harsh and abrupt edicts . . . such as putting all dogs into execution chambers.
This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.
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Paul Jacob (@Common_Sense_PJ) is author of Common Sense which provides daily commentary about the issues impacting America and about the citizens who are doing something about them. He is also President of the Liberty Initiative Fund (LIFe) as well as Citizens in Charge Foundation. Jacob is a contributing author on the ARRA News Service.
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Along with eating well and living without fear of one’s government.
Oh, not that last bit.
But, apparently — and there are many news stories, if not much exactitude or certainty — he did order all dogs confiscated.
Why?
Well, reports vary. A search of DuckDuckGo will yield much speculation and a few sparse facts.
A South Korean newspaper relayed a leak saying that Un called dog ownership “a ‘tainted’ trend by bourgeois ideology.”
How could dogs have been with us for tens of thousands of years, and may have been key to our species’ success, yet somehow now be “decadent” and “tainted” and “bourgeois”?
And, for that matter, a “trend.”
How many tens of thousands of years does it take to make a trend? On Twitter, it takes just a few minutes!
There is a lot of talk of a COVID-19 famine (on top of the Kim Family Famine that has been trending for decades) and meat shortages. I’ve read reports that the dogs are to go to restaurants. And then there is the business about higher-ups in the Hidden Kingdom’s un-hidden but Un-ridden hierarchy who have been taking advantage of a cultural loophole to display their status with expensive pet dogs from the West.
Un prefers his displays of status, apparently, to be public executions and harsh and abrupt edicts . . . such as putting all dogs into execution chambers.
This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.
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Paul Jacob (@Common_Sense_PJ) is author of Common Sense which provides daily commentary about the issues impacting America and about the citizens who are doing something about them. He is also President of the Liberty Initiative Fund (LIFe) as well as Citizens in Charge Foundation. Jacob is a contributing author on the ARRA News Service.
Tags: Paul Jacob, Common Sense, All Dogs, Go to Heaven Early To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and "Like" Facebook Page - Thanks!
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