Alan fantasized about something that never happened: > > >Since John Marchioro decided to leave a huge, gaping hole in his North > > >Korean travelogue >
And John Garside understandably wondered: > > > What travelogue? > And Alan responded: > If you recall, John was treating us on this list to a pleasant travelogue of > his own personal experiences on his travels through China, but suddenly when > it came to North Korea, he decided to stop and switch to regurgitating only > obvious North Korean propaganda. > Didn't happen, Alan. I spent 6 full weeks in China last summer, and I may have sent a written of posts about it, but a travelogue? Get a grip, man. I think you are also confusing "obvious North Korean propaganda" with that article about the Korean War by Bruce Cumings that I cited. And apparently worried (as I am) for Alan's sanity given his deranged posts, John G. also queried: > > Are we to assume this blind rant will continue throughout 2009? > And Alan raved on: > I have no interest in continuing this rant, but unless John gives me some > reason to think otherwise, I have no choice but to assume that he is > allowing himself to be duped and act as a tool of the North Korean > government. > The only tool of a foreign government here is you, Alan, though apparently someone neglected to inform you that the hoary Zionist fairy tale you offered up a few days back has been revised. As for what I think about North Korea... Well, before you joined Not Honyaku there was some discussion about all that here. Briefly, I abhor its political system. I find the cult of Kim Il Sung nauseating. I am very well aware (much more aware than you are, since I actually have studied the matter seriously for several decades) of the systemic crisis that North Korea has been facing since the 1980s. But those issues are entirely separate from the matter of the Korean War, and what I have said about that war here is documented by the best current research on the topic, just like what I said about the origins of the Palestinian exodus from Palestine is. And if you would bother to read that work, Alan, you might actually learn something. And once again, Alan you are mixing separate issues, with the same old McCarthyite purpose. I think at this point the appropriate response is, "Have you no shame?" John Marchioro --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
