North Korea pet ban

Roar87 · 20 Aug 2020 at 16:55

mmj_uk said:
When you don't live in a free country governments can take away rights on a whim... they don't even need a good excuse if the people are sufficiently subjugated as in North Korea.

The problem for me is if Boris Johnson brought in a pet ban tomorrow alleging that it helped spread COVID most people would be lining up to hand them in, deny it all you want you would and you'd report others who didn't from what we've all seen over the last 5 months.

Our government has no desire to put in place those kinds of restrictions, our MPs are people we elect from our general population, why would they want to enact those sorts of restrictions on their friends, families and neighbours? North Korea is a Dictatorship where power was passed down from Father to Son.

Nasher · 20 Aug 2020 at 18:09

the-evaluator said:
I didn't see many branches whilst I was in North Korea.

What about KFC?

wedrum · 20 Aug 2020 at 18:27

Koreans need blasting off

something daft already!! · 20 Aug 2020 at 18:40

They should use Kim to have a hog roast. There would be enough to go around although it's probably very fatty.

Gerard · 20 Aug 2020 at 21:56

Nasher said:
What about KFC?

Probably stands for Korean Fried Cockroaches over there.

mrk · 20 Aug 2020 at 22:10

Considering keeping dogs as pets is only for the elite in NK and the lower "peons" are only allowed to keep cattle/pigs etc they must be in real dire need for meat if Kim is forcing people of noble standing in the country to submit their dogs...

Nasher · 20 Aug 2020 at 22:13

They have no food because the dictator decided to spend all the money on tanks and nukes instead of food. A bit like the USSR before it collapsed.

They are so paranoid about the US and SK, but they have nothing to defend.

something daft already!! · 20 Aug 2020 at 22:30

I hear they are bringing out a vegetarian instant snack. It's called Not Poodle.

Begbie · 20 Aug 2020 at 22:43

Nasher said:
They have no food because the dictator decided to spend all the money on tanks and nukes instead of food. A bit like the USSR before it collapsed.

They are so paranoid about the US and SK, but they have nothing to defend.

I mean he has also built dams, for like no reason that wiped out huge amounts of farming lands.

Crazy to thing we allow someone to just own a country, killing thousands.

Narj · 20 Aug 2020 at 22:45

something daft already!! said:
I hear they are bringing out a vegetarian instant snack. It's called Not Poodle.

You win the internet for today!

Vanquish-Storm · 20 Aug 2020 at 23:25

Roar87 said:
Our government has no desire to put in place those kinds of restrictions, our MPs are people we elect from our general population, why would they want to enact those sorts of restrictions on their friends, families and neighbours? North Korea is a Dictatorship where power was passed down from Father to Son.

Different rules for their friends family and possibly neighbors.

Chojin · 21 Aug 2020 at 00:20

The people of North Korea want their plate of chow mein with some added bite.

the-evaluator · 21 Aug 2020 at 08:53

Nasher said:
What about KFC?

North Korea was more "Kan't Find Chicken" than KFC

Bubo · 21 Aug 2020 at 09:03

something daft already!! said:
I hear they are bringing out a vegetarian instant snack. It's called Not Poodle.

That is very very good.

ChroniC · 22 Aug 2020 at 07:06

Isn't Kim dead? Still no reports to back up or deny he's not. But this does sound an awful lot like something he would do.

NVP · 22 Aug 2020 at 07:39

Bug One said:
became part of the international community

I don't think this is a necessity for survival of a populous. If any country can stay self sufficient they should - for a country of none to little consumerism it would be a much simpler task.

Freakbro said:
That explains why he has framed it this way then

report by a South Korean newspaper, he also referred to the practice of having dogs as pets ‘a tainted trend by bourgeois ideology’.

Click to expand...

Now he does have a point. Does were kept for hunting and protection, not for cuddling and grooming.

I get that you can keep fish in tanks, if they are big enough, with enough diversity as to not significantly change their life from the wild - even large ant farms are close to acceptable. But to keep animals locked up in houses and then taken out on leashes for your own insecurity is ridiculously selfish.

Caged birds. Kennelled dogs. Locked in cats. Caged rodents and mammals. For what purpose? Selfishness and arrogance.

Liquidfox · 23 Aug 2020 at 16:21

mmj_uk said:
The problem for me is if Boris Johnson brought in a pet ban tomorrow alleging that it helped spread COVID most people would be lining up to hand them in, deny it all you want you would and you'd report others who didn't from what we've all seen over the last 5 months.

I don't know of a single pet owner that would be happy to just turn over their pets like that. Sounds like you're someone who doesn't have pets themselves?

HoneyBadger · 23 Aug 2020 at 17:00

mmj_uk said:
The problem for me is if Boris Johnson brought in a pet ban tomorrow alleging that it helped spread COVID most people would be lining up to hand them in, deny it all you want you would and you'd report others who didn't from what we've all seen over the last 5 months.

Complete poppycock.

As an owner of 4 dogs and 4 cats (and some fish) there is absolutely no way I would surrender my animals, law or not.

Further, I feel I speak for the majority of pet owners.

mrk · 25 Aug 2020 at 09:55

That's like saying your family members spread Covid and you should surrender them.

No.

Dis86 · 25 Aug 2020 at 10:04

mrk said:
That's like saying your family members spread Covid and you should surrender them.

No.

Can't I give up my strange uncle Dave?