When all the grow-ups had died . . .

. . . or were imprisoned, . . .

North Korean hostilities toward the South, the West and all things NOT fully "Korean" have never truly abated as anyone who has followed or cared about that small (tiny would be insulting) nation - "the keeper of the original legacy" - certainly should know by now.

. . . while the younger, stronger patients had been running the asylum . . .

In last week's artillery exercise, however, the world saw a decidedly self-directed destructiveness, though the South seemed unfazed, mostly.

. . . and rat had replaced all other meat as the gogi to gorge upon . . .

Hence, a less common, possibly more-close-to-the-truth conclusion might be made.

. . . combined with either gruel (of who knows what), a few grains of boiled rice and the occasional, treasured banchan gathered from makeshift, covert gardens;

Not only has North Korea revealed its "military first" politics, once more, but the truly evil, occasionally dormant root has become clearly visible.
The adults, two to three generations,(at least) have been beaten down, subsumed and virtually consumed by the spoiled child mentality of a thought system (Juche) not only completely at odds with most of the modern world, but with its own culture and indeed, itself.

. . . suddenly, one day, a few of the local children who had been keeping the artillery polished for the next visit of The Dear Leader, grew bored.

What self-centered, angry, outburst can the world expect next?
Are there any Parents, yet left in the house?

The End . . . and/or beginning.

Copyright © 2010 pajamadeen.com

For balance (or hope?), some interesting reading on the death of American grow-ups (North Koreans and other Axis of Evil minions not allowed) can be found in Diana West's (2007) book, conveniently and aptly titled, The Death of the Grown-Up: How America's Arrested Development Is Bringing Down Western Civilization.
I recommend it.