9 Dec 2006 | Further evidence of my deranged nature
There was an interesting documentary on TV tonight. Apparently, Diane Sawyer (a U.S. journalist, if I’m not mistaken) and a crew of cameramen received special permission from the North Korean government to film daily life in their country. People from the government — called “minders,” if I recall correctly — accompanied them all the way, mainly to ensure the cameras didn’t stray from the government-approved areas. And while I watched the common people lead painfully solemn and spartan lives, dedicate their entire existence to serving their Dear Father, demonstrate no conception of recreational activities whatsoever, and accept without question the anti-American and anti-Western ideas and propaganda they have known since infancy, I, an Asian American and a citizen of a capitalist nation, felt an unfamiliar emotion seize me…
I realized that I envy them. Very much.
When S-chan declared that I was “deranged” during her psychoanalysis, would this be further proof?
Am I in dire need of psychiatric attention?
Misaki says:
Maybe their ignorance of what life could be is a bliss?
3:45 pm | Saturday, December 9, 2006
Jenny-fa says:
Now there’s a thought. The simplicity but overall purity of their lifestyle… the reason that I’m drawn to communism, in short.
10:41 am | Monday, December 11, 2006
Amy says:
Eh? Hehe, I don’t think I can envy them…. Although I do agree, they probably live more “purely.” And that’s good….
9:08 pm | Sunday, December 17, 2006