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Saw this on the BBC website. Needless to say I'm cancelling my vacation to North Korea. Ha!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4157121.stm
Aaah yes, North Korea,
Which, under their current dictator has one of the best, well-oiled killing machine fighting regimens the world has ever witnessed, fashioned on the fascism of the Third Reich.
Hmmm. Interesting, fascism = fashion. Time to leave the country if you can. Thanks for the link, Kevs!
Yours in longhaired camaraderie,
Quenyan (+:-)}
What the hell?? North Korea is Gay
''It stressed the "negative effects" of long hair on "human intelligence development", noting that long hair "consumes a great deal of nutrition" and could thus rob the brain of energy.''
Possibly the biggest load of bullshit ever spoken.
Some of the most intelligent and amazing people in the world had long hair :P
Just sickening. Brains can be put to far better use.
Ever notice that all too often it is the "NIBBY" type of person that has nothing better to do than attack something that is not an enemy?
I think this is disgusting actually!
LOL Got to love North Korea, they're so happy and freedom loving.
Korea is really the freedom country :)
it's an exemple for all of us ^^
I'm so happy to leave in a country where there is juste the peer pressure... at least i can fight against it ;)
Cya
YIKES!!! That is just plain scary. Thank goodness we live in free countries like Canada (where I live), there is SO much to be thankful for when things like this are happening elsewhere on this planet.
David
You live in Canada? which province?
I live in Quebec.
Hi Max,
I would like to say a warm "bonjour" to a fellow Canadian, what a wonderful part of the world we live in. I live in Nova Scotia, (Halifax, to be exact), perhaps we will have the chance to meet and greet some day!
David
Wow! Yet another reason to stay away from North Korea.
This is really pathetic.
If long hair consumes so much vital nutrition, then why allow the women to keep their hair so long in comparison to the men (assuming the women aren't mandated to get short cuts as well)? Are the women somehow exempt from this brain-drain, or do they not need the intelligence anyway, as the government thinks the men should be doing the thinking? This is blatany hypocrisy and sexism. They're attempting to keep the partition between male and female as strong as possible, which is absurd if it devolves into mandating men's hair length and women's clothing, etc. One should be free to be creative in life, and this creativity should extend to one's appearance. If one's body is a temple, one should be able to adorn it as he or she sees fit. Stifling creativity like this, particularly when their reasoning is so absurd, is rephrensible.
Furthermore, it's ironic that they want men to have "proper" short haircuts but go on at length about how horrible outside influence is on their citizens. If they're really so traditional, I'm sure they wouldn't be forcing buzzcuts and flattops on their citizens. Their clothes will likely also be European in style, defeating their ideas of tradition and defense against outside influence.
In short, this sucks really bad.
Peace
This is terrible. They expect people to chop off their hair every 15 days, even though they have better things to do, like leaving the country in fear.
That really disgusts me. Hair sucking nutrition and brain power? that's the most absurd excuse I've heard in my life.