American boy plans NKorea trip to pitch peace idea

AP ^ | August 11, 2010 | CARA ANNA

[Pan_Yan]

BEIJING — A 13-year-old American plans to visit North Korea this week and perhaps meet leader Kim Jong Il to pitch his idea for a "children's peace forest" in the demilitarized zone.

Jonathan Lee, who was born in South Korea and lives in Mississippi, is scheduled to fly to Pyongyang on Thursday from Beijing with his parents, the family told The Associated Press. They said North Korean officials in Beijing gave them visas Wednesday night.

Jonathan said he expects to meet with North Korean officials and will propose the children's peace forest, "one in which fruit and chestnut trees would be planted and where children can play."

[Pan_Yan]

Stupid parents.

Stupid parents.

Stupid parents.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I have trouble deciding who is the most stupid:

1. The stupid, arrogant, brainwashed kid.
2. The stupid, arrogant, brainwashing teachers.
3. The stupid, spineless, brainwashed parents.
4. Or the stupid, arrogant, Ministry of Truth that gives voice to all this stupidity.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Maybe this young Leftist will become a conservative once he experiences the joy of a stay at a labor re-education camp that the NorKs could provide.

[hal ogen]

Since many of the north koreans eat grass and tree bark, maybe this kid is onto something. Aside from that he and his parents are morons.

[Pan_Yan]

Read the whole article. The kid has seen lots of documentaries and it looks really clean.

[wally_bert]

Assuming he doesn’t get extra brainwashing while he is there.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Don’t spend any of my tax dollars to rescue this jerk!

[Husker24]

Why cant these parents just say “no” and tell this kid his idea is moronic,

[Repeat Offender]

"one in which fruit and chestnut trees would be planted and where children can play.... hopscotch through the MINE FIELD.

[Hardraade]

Maybe the peace forest can feed their whole first attack wave..

[Pan_Yan]

Last time someone tried some tree surgery in the DMZ two American officers got killed and most of the US military in the Pacific almost went to war.

Operation Paul Bunyam

[barmag25]

They may never be seen again. freaking idiots

[Jack Hydrazine]

They may be morons but their good intentions make them feel good.

[hinckley buzzard]

Jonathan said, "I've watched lots of documentaries. It's supposed to be really clean and stuff."

His parents are stupid idiot liberals, really braindead and stuff. And should be prosecuted for child endangering if anything happens to this hapless child.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Assuming he doesn’t get extra brainwashing while he is there.

I wouldn’t waste a lot of time worrying about it, if I were you.

In an individual without a brain, it’s simply not possible for brainwashing to occur.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I’ve read the whole article. Just a stupid Leftist propaganda piece.

I read a short blurb in an issue of National Geographic magazine in which one of its photojournalists traveled to to NorKland as an individual because he tried unsuccessfully for a number of years to go under a press visa. One thing that he said that really stuck in my mind is that North Korea is a very quiet place...even in the cities. So you see peace reigns throughout NorKland because no one is allowed to speak their mind.

[Pan_Yan]

I’ve read the whole article. Just a stupid Leftist propaganda piece

I know. I just didn't want to suffer alone.

[pankot]

Is the forest in namby-pamby land?

[bandleader]

Is his name Barack Hussein Obama?Oh,that’s right,we still don’t know his nationality!

[Joe 6-pack]

I'm guessing the Vice Travel Guide - North Korea was not among the documentaries he watched...