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{{Cquote|[[Kim Jong Un]] just can’t take a joke. The last time the North Korean dictator found himself on the receiving end of some gentle ribbing, as the subject of James Franco and Seth Rogen’s assassination comedy The Interview, Kim’s repressive regime allegedly hacked Sony Pictures, apparently in retaliation. Now, the absolutist leader is taking his hostility toward humor to a farcical new extreme, banning all sarcasm throughout the Hermit Kingdom in an attempt to crack down on dissent and quash any further laughs at his expense.<ref>[Brilliant: Kim Jong Un Bans Sarcasm in North Korea] by Tina Nguyen, ''Vanity Fair''</ref>}}
 
{{Cquote|[[Kim Jong Un]] just can’t take a joke. The last time the North Korean dictator found himself on the receiving end of some gentle ribbing, as the subject of James Franco and Seth Rogen’s assassination comedy The Interview, Kim’s repressive regime allegedly hacked Sony Pictures, apparently in retaliation. Now, the absolutist leader is taking his hostility toward humor to a farcical new extreme, banning all sarcasm throughout the Hermit Kingdom in an attempt to crack down on dissent and quash any further laughs at his expense.<ref>[Brilliant: Kim Jong Un Bans Sarcasm in North Korea] by Tina Nguyen, ''Vanity Fair''</ref>}}
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The Finnish news organization gbtimes says about North Korea in their article ''Laughing at the humorless'', "No one really knows anything about North Korea, except that it’s a funny country where hardly anyone ever laughs.<ref>[http://gbtimes.com/world/laughing-humorless ''Laughing at the humorless''], gbtimes</ref>
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The [[Finland|Finnish]] news organization Gbtimes says about North Korea in their article ''Laughing at the humorless'', "No one really knows anything about North Korea, except that it’s a funny country where hardly anyone ever laughs.<ref>[http://gbtimes.com/world/laughing-humorless ''Laughing at the humorless''], gbtimes</ref>
    
== Parody and satire have their place - Christian parody of atheism and evolution ==
 
== Parody and satire have their place - Christian parody of atheism and evolution ==
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