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North Korea Threatens South Korea Over Christmas Lights

Posted by samzenpus on from the you're-a-mean-one-mr.-jong-il dept.

K7DAN writes "North Korea warned South Korea on Sunday of 'unexpected consequences' if Seoul displays Christmas lights near the tense border, and vowed to retaliate for what it called 'psychological warfare.' From the article: 'The tree-shaped, 30 metre-high steel structure on Aegibong hill - some 3km (2 miles) from the border - was illuminated by thousands of small light bulbs last year. It could be seen from the North's major city of Kaesong across the border, according to media reports. Pyongyang has previously accused Seoul of using the tree to spread the Christian message to people inside the secular state.'"

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  1. Someone call Bill O'Reilly by AdmiralXyz · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the first time ever, the term "war on Christmas" is actually accurate.

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  2. Re:OMG by Baloroth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yep... if the grinch had nuclear weapons and was bat-shit insane.

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  3. Re:OMG by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please, be fair: The Grinch's nuclear program is purely deterrent in nature; and is both a necessary and perfectly proportionate response when facing the threat of Santa, an absolutist God-King known for his massive industrial bunker complexes, extensive use of slave labor, incredibly extensive worldwide espionage apparatus(notorious for spying on children and compiling enemies lists, as well as its facility for bribery and corruption), and the ability to deliver an arbitrary payload to every target on earth in under 24 hours...

  4. Easy Solution by Jason+Levine · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have an easy solution. Just put up a giant menorah instead. Then you won't be spreading a Christian message.

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  5. Re:Pot, kettle, black by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seoul-less heathens, the lot of them!

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  6. Re:Pot, kettle, black by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, well think about it. The government of North Korea is such an evil bunch of feckwits they can't even get coal for Christmas.

    Coal is expensive, bub. In Europe, really naughty kids are getting Euro's in their stockings instead.

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