The Week contest: Regime love
This week’s question: North Korea has warned young people in the country not to say “I love you,” deeming the expression proof of “a decadent lifestyle imbued with capitalist views of love.” In seven words or fewer, come up with a more regime-friendly version of the romantic declaration.
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RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: “Worker of my world, unite with me!”
Diane Larson, Beaverton, Oregon
SECOND PLACE: “You’re my state-sanctioned emotional priority”
Emma Tougas, Northborough, Massachusetts
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THIRD PLACE: “Here’s looking at Juche”
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“I value your value to the Supreme Leader”
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, New York
“Death to America — sweet love to you”
Mark Miller, Los Angeles, California
“Let’s demilitarize our zones”
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
“You’re my Un and only”
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“You are my heart’s special rations”
Mark Thermansen, Portland, Oregon
“I value your value to the Supreme Leader”
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, New York
“My heart will never defect from you”
Matt Weatherly, Hillsborough, North Carolina
“You’re more equal than all the others”
David de Groot, Charlotte, North Carolina
“May our chaste handshake please the leader”
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
“I, LIKE YOU, cherish the Supreme Leader”
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
“You put the goose in my step”
Alan Mundt, Hawthorne, California
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