12-16-2024, 03:47 PM
This post was last modified 12-16-2024, 03:55 PM by quintessentone. Edited 1 time in total. 
(12-16-2024, 03:38 PM)Maxmars Wrote: As a matter of fact... yes... well... maybe not a guard (they were around)... but we were there.
It was long ago, but I spent some time in South Korea, in another age... before things like "openly flaunted hatred" was a socially prevalent thing. Only older people can recall...
Back then North Korea was in a much colder war than today,... things were different,... and pointless border incidents weren't really worth the trouble for either side.
There may be a reactivation of SK's balloon leaflet propaganda now that the law restricting launching said balloon leaflets into NK was struck down in 2023. Tensions may rise again very soon.
Here's an old U.N. leaflet. The only change I would make is switch China and Russia, keep NK as the cow.
A United Nations force leaflet from the Korean War: Kim Il-sung manipulated by Mao and Stalin. The text on the right reads: "the landlord and his servant and the cow."
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Plato's Chariot Allegory
Plato's Chariot Allegory