As we all know, Kim Jong-Illin’ died to incredibly showy displays of mourning, but what we didn’t realize is that North Koreans have to keep that crap up for 100 days before they can admit the little midget was actually a complete monster. What we didn’t know, either, was that using a cell phone during that mourning period was punishable by death.
It’s actually less to do with craziness and more to do with the fact that North Korea only keeps from turning into a complete wasteland by controlling the flow of information into and out of the country, something that’s becoming increasingly difficult when cell phones are everywhere, and you sit right next to a huge country that makes most of the world’s supply and doesn’t particularly like you all that much.
Just to give you an idea of what’s happening, people trying to escape to China will also be killed. Yeah, guys, if China is the preferable alternative to your country, you know you’ve screwed up but good.
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