South Korea Approves Christmas Tree On Border With Atheist North Korea

[rug]

Children and Christians sing during a lighting ceremony of Christmas tree at Seoul City Hall Plaza, South Korea, on 29 November

Huffington Post UK/ AP | By Sara C Nelson
Posted: 02/12/2014 09:24 GMT Updated: 02/12/2014 13:59 GMT

South Korea has approved a Christian group’s plans to set up a large, illuminated Christmas tree near the border with North Korea.

But while under normal circumstances it would appear to be an entirely innocent gesture, the move is certain to spark fury in Pyongyang.

South Korea dismantled a 43-year-old frontline Christmas tree-shaped tower in October because of safety worries.

The structure stoked tensions because officially atheist Pyongyang saw it as propaganda warfare.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/12/02/christmas-tree-south-korea-north-atheist_n_6252882.html

Maybe they should just do a billboard.

[cbayer]

1. Lol on the billboard.

Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is to get the hell out of N. Korea! I'm too human for this kind of treatment"

[rug]

2. Damn indoctrination!

[rug]

4. Guess again, ed.

[cbayer]

6. He brought up the billboard. I made a joke. What's the problem?

[edhopper]

7. see it now

thought you brought it up in response.

nevermind the whole thing.

[rug]

8. Ridicule is not an equation.

Let me see . . . . what's that meme about the use of ridicule?



Ridicule the billboard not the poster?

[MisterP]

9. think P'yongyang's response will be that Christianity ripped most of its stuff off from Juche? nt

[rug]

10. Perhaps, or that there is no evidence that Jesus existed, which leaves Kim Jong-il.

[MisterP]

11. IF Kim THEN Jesus, IFNOT Jesus THEN Kim, IFNOT Jesus then NOR Kim

[cleanhippie]

12. "...saw it as propaganda warfare". Warfare? Perhaps. Proaganda? Most definitely.

Propaganda is a form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of a population toward some cause or position

Propaganda is information that is not impartial and used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda, often by presenting facts selectively (thus possibly lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or using loaded messages to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. Propaganda can be used as a form of ideological or commercial warfare.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda