ethics
03-31-2003, 08:07 PM
I know the following will read like an Onion piece, but...
<blockquote>ALL triplets in North Korea are being forcibly removed from parents after their birth and dumped in bleak orphanages.
The policy is carried out on the orders of Stalinist dictator Kim Jong-il, who has an irrational belief that a triplet could one day topple his regime. The number three is thought to be auspicious in North Korea and triplets are revered. It is believed they are likely to rise to positions of power, which accounts for Kim's insistence that they are all raised in state-run orphanages, where their development can be controlled. </blockquote>
Full story. (http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6206548%5E663,00.html)
<blockquote>ALL triplets in North Korea are being forcibly removed from parents after their birth and dumped in bleak orphanages.
The policy is carried out on the orders of Stalinist dictator Kim Jong-il, who has an irrational belief that a triplet could one day topple his regime. The number three is thought to be auspicious in North Korea and triplets are revered. It is believed they are likely to rise to positions of power, which accounts for Kim's insistence that they are all raised in state-run orphanages, where their development can be controlled. </blockquote>
Full story. (http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6206548%5E663,00.html)