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Kim Jong-il

Death’s Error

December 20, 2011 by Anthony Steyning 1 Comment

Frank Sinatra sang That’s Why The Lady Is A Tramp! And we could sing a thousand times of Fidel Castro and Kim Jong Il, That’s Why The Leader Is A Preposterous Fraud. But the real man was Vaclav Havel, and I quote him from a speech he gave in support of political prisoners everywhere: Ladies and gentleman, allow me to start with a short recollection. Many years ago, when I was behind bars, I needed to see a dentist. There was no dentist in the prison and when the prison authorities realised that I was serious, I was escorted to a civil dentist by a guard. I was in handcuffs and prison stripes and stared straight ahead of me as I sat between two guards. I was very curious to watch … [Read more...] about Death’s Error

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