{"id":3467,"date":"2012-05-27T12:17:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T16:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=3467"},"modified":"2015-01-24T08:55:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T13:55:57","slug":"a-tale-of-three-kims-part-1-dale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/a-tale-of-three-kims-part-1-dale\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tale of Three Kims – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The news came by state radio, state newspaper, and state television. Great Leader Kim Il-Sung had make a startling announcement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Hereforth, my beloved son Kim Jong-Il is also your Leader.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What did it mean?<\/p>\n

“They are really one<\/strong> Leader” said Jun-suh. Look at their portraits. Are they not one man, photographed slightly differently?<\/p>\n

“No,” argued\u00a0Seo-yun; Kim Jong-Il is the son of<\/em><\/strong> Great Leader.<\/p>\n

“Well, that would make him also a Great Leader, wouldn’t it?” And we all know that there is just Great Leader. We have been taught this all our lives.<\/p>\n

Seo-yun countered, raising an eyebrow, “One can’t be one’s own<\/em> son…”\u00a0 She paused to let the point sink in.<\/p>\n

But Jun-suh was unmoved. He pressed his case. “The Great Leader is one. This goes without saying. Our love and loyalty are for him, and him alone<\/strong>. It is him alone we praise at our festivals.”<\/p>\n

“Wait… I was at that recent rally… the Great Leader and his son our Leader were both<\/em> there<\/strong>!”<\/p>\n