It's full of commies, draining the rest of us of our natural bodily fluids! You think it was coincidence that video was posted? I think not. From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Thomas C. Doncourt Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 5:37 PM To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com Cc: 'newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com' Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT-Future ax slingers OH GOD NO !!! not on the tron site for pities sake > Communist more likely. The Soviet Russkies weren't much different. The > removal of individualistic thought does not promote much innovation. . > > From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of Gary Brumm > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 4:00 PM > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT-Future ax slingers > > > Chris, I agree with most of this except "The emphasis on imitation over > invention (largely an American ideology)" > I think it is overwhelmingly an Asian ideology....... > > > From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of Chris Dale > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:43 AM > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT-Future ax slingers > > > Well if not mistaken, the letters next to the video say DPRK, which means > "Democratic People's Republic of Korea". > > Those of you familiar with history might remember that it's a misnomer of > sorts - a propaganda title used by North Korea and Stalin's puppet > counterpart Kim Il Sung. > > As an educator of Korean students and having gone deeply into the > Demilitarized zone at the South / North Korean border, I can tell you > that these students have it ingrained in them to duplicate or copy > perfectly - without any thought of improvisation or expression because it > is immediately extinguished at the slightest emergence. > > Now before the automaton reaction of 'politically incorrect' enters the > conditioned and malleable mind, consider that the country was largely > destroyed during the Korean War and that their entire culture has been > based upon copying either Americanism and it's influences (South Korea) or > Communism and it's influences (North Korea). > > With 5000 years of culture reduced to almost nothing in 3 years, the > people had no choice but to copy everything else and to do it very well, > to the point where copying it better took over and originality or anything > resembling it was discouraged. > This idea is shared by many Koreans by the way! > > The emphasis on imitation over invention (largely an American ideology) is > almost second nature to present day students. I have witnessed this first > hand and attempt to drastically reduce it for the student's sake. > > Of course, these children will gradually learn the bigger meaning of what > it is they're doing, and let their artistic sides emerge, but for now > let's take comfort and enjoyment in what they've achieved (and had drilled > into them) to do, and the fact that they've even eaten and have > electricity as more than half of North Korea doesn't. It's a completely > different world than you can imagine, with rampant starvation, propaganda > speaker systems in every house, and picures of the "Dear Leader" hung up > on bedroom walls and larger than family pictures. > There's even an incident where a man's home caught fire and he saved the > pictures of the "Dear Leaders" first while his family burned to death. > > > Anyway - this is a singular performance because of where these kids are > from and it needs to be seen in it's proper social, political and economic > context, and not through the views most of us would normally hold. > > > As far the North American hockey dad's and soccer mom's - in my opinion, > these people (although well meaning) are just as bad as the oppressive > totalitarian governements of the world because it's the exact same thing > on a much smaller scale. These people also reduce and suppress their kids > to death by ruining any individual expression, in the guise of being in > their best interests. > > I'd have no difficulty at all lashing out at those troublemaking parents > out if I was a school coach. It might be the only time they ever question > their righteous behaviour before ruining part of their kids childhood. > > > Going back to what I said about musically copying - here's a modern Korean > pop song. It's simultaneously humourous, tragic, and irritating. > > This is the legacy of years of exposure to the worst and most > unforgiveable modern North American pop music. > What a shame that our vapid music industries have influnced someone else > to make bigger mounds of sonic garbage than ourselves. > And check out the guy dressed as Robin (from Batman). He likely has no > idea who Robin actually is at all, and was just impressed by the fashion. > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIRW_elc-rY > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Noel > <noel@arbelos.eu<mailto:noel%40arbelos.eu><mailto:noel@arbelos.eu<mailto:noel%40arbelos.eu>>> wrote: > > > I don't often comment on groups, but in this case I have to. I agree with > Mike on this one (hello Mike). This is the very peak of soulessness. These > poor mites have been programmed out of their very humanity. It doesn't > bear thinking about what they have had to endure to get them to do what > they are doing. Please make them stop. Let them out to play in the fresh > air and the fields. Let them find their souls again. > > > --- In > newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, > fdoddy@... wrote: >> >> >> Mike, >> >> You actually thought the five children playing was soulless? It's mind >> numbing how cynical and bitter you are. If there is pity to had, it's on >> you, I'm afraid. >> >> >> fritz >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> >> To: newmellotrongroup >> <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>> >> Sent: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 12:47 pm >> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT-Future ax slingers >> >> >> >> >> >> Watched them both. One is as pitifully soulless as the other, I'm >> afraid. >> >> On 22/04/2011 16:02, Tom Doncourt wrote: >> >> >> Cool! From that to this- >> >> http://youtu.be/IN21lcvIsvM >> >> >> On Apr 22, 2011, at 10:54 AM, johnm400s911 wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> For the guitar players on the board. This will make you smile. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/embed/yE7waNi5dc0 >> > > >
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RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT-Future ax slingers
2011-04-25 by John Hammaren
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