UVA Student Released from North Korea; Has Been in a Coma for a Year?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Warning! Warning! Warning! Stupid question up ahead.....

To those of you who saw the video of the NK guards "escorting" Otto down the hall to his trial (or to his cell, not clear), he had his head down and practically collapsed into the door jam, looking extremely wobbly. I assumed he was either heavily sedated or so traumatized by the proceedings that he could barely walk. My friend, on the other hand, is under the impression that a person in a coma can still walk, with assistance (although completely unaware) and that this video was taken after his coma. Is that true? Can a person in a coma walk??

No

Thanks. So I'm assuming I was correct - he was either sedated or traumatized. (He sure didn't look normal.) I wonder if he had been tortured in some manner prior to the time the video was taken.

I think they hit him with something AFTER his televised confession so he wouldn't try anything funny. There is also some suspicion that Mr. Warmbier may not have been the typical tourist. He had been to North Korea at least two times before this trip.

He had been to NK twice before? First I've heard of this. I'd say a trip to NK is just an ill-advised adventure falling under the "stupid college student who feels invincible" category, but three times? Hmmmm...... Any links?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Warning! Warning! Warning! Stupid question up ahead.....

To those of you who saw the video of the NK guards "escorting" Otto down the hall to his trial (or to his cell, not clear), he had his head down and practically collapsed into the door jam, looking extremely wobbly. I assumed he was either heavily sedated or so traumatized by the proceedings that he could barely walk. My friend, on the other hand, is under the impression that a person in a coma can still walk, with assistance (although completely unaware) and that this video was taken after his coma. Is that true? Can a person in a coma walk??

No

Thanks. So I'm assuming I was correct - he was either sedated or traumatized. (He sure didn't look normal.) I wonder if he had been tortured in some manner prior to the time the video was taken.

I think they hit him with something AFTER his televised confession so he wouldn't try anything funny. There is also some suspicion that Mr. Warmbier may not have been the typical tourist. He had been to North Korea at least two times before this trip.

He had been to NK twice before? First I've heard of this. I'd say a trip to NK is just an ill-advised adventure falling under the "stupid college student who feels invincible" category, but three times? Hmmmm...... Any links?

Yeah, we need to see what sources you have for this information. I don’t believe you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Warning! Warning! Warning! Stupid question up ahead.....

To those of you who saw the video of the NK guards "escorting" Otto down the hall to his trial (or to his cell, not clear), he had his head down and practically collapsed into the door jam, looking extremely wobbly. I assumed he was either heavily sedated or so traumatized by the proceedings that he could barely walk. My friend, on the other hand, is under the impression that a person in a coma can still walk, with assistance (although completely unaware) and that this video was taken after his coma. Is that true? Can a person in a coma walk??

No

Thanks. So I'm assuming I was correct - he was either sedated or traumatized. (He sure didn't look normal.) I wonder if he had been tortured in some manner prior to the time the video was taken.

I think they hit him with something AFTER his televised confession so he wouldn't try anything funny. There is also some suspicion that Mr. Warmbier may not have been the typical tourist. He had been to North Korea at least two times before this trip.

He had been to NK twice before? First I've heard of this. I'd say a trip to NK is just an ill-advised adventure falling under the "stupid college student who feels invincible" category, but three times? Hmmmm...... Any links?

Yeah, we need to see what sources you have for this information. I don’t believe you.

I think that was his first time to NK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Relieved to hear. I'm from Cincy and I have lit a candle for this kid every day for the last year. I blame UVA for taking the kids to a communist country. Of course, boys will always do something stupid, and they should have known that. Hope kid goes to school in OH and not hick VA

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Warning! Warning! Warning! Stupid question up ahead.....

To those of you who saw the video of the NK guards "escorting" Otto down the hall to his trial (or to his cell, not clear), he had his head down and practically collapsed into the door jam, looking extremely wobbly. I assumed he was either heavily sedated or so traumatized by the proceedings that he could barely walk. My friend, on the other hand, is under the impression that a person in a coma can still walk, with assistance (although completely unaware) and that this video was taken after his coma. Is that true? Can a person in a coma walk??

No

Thanks. So I'm assuming I was correct - he was either sedated or traumatized. (He sure didn't look normal.) I wonder if he had been tortured in some manner prior to the time the video was taken.

I think they hit him with something AFTER his televised confession so he wouldn't try anything funny. There is also some suspicion that Mr. Warmbier may not have been the typical tourist. He had been to North Korea at least two times before this trip.

He had been to NK twice before? First I've heard of this. I'd say a trip to NK is just an ill-advised adventure falling under the "stupid college student who feels invincible" category, but three times? Hmmmm...... Any links?

Yeah, we need to see what sources you have for this information. I don’t believe you.

Such Reports are out there. http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/australian-national-university-professor-labels-otto-warmbier-a-liar-and-a-convenient-actor/news-story/357f95b68ef5d872b0650c044a6e09fb

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Relieved to hear. I'm from Cincy and I have lit a candle for this kid every day for the last year. I blame UVA for taking the kids to a communist country. Of course, boys will always do something stupid, and they should have known that. Hope kid goes to school in OH and not hick VA

+1

He didn't travel to the DPRK with UVA. It was with a travel company called Young Pioneers or something. They clearly bear some responsibility too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They might have forced him to take down the poster after they detained him. Or they tricked him somehow and said, "hey can you get that poster down for me".' The video shows man taking down a poster, but that's it.

He might have done nothing wrong at all. I bet they framed him and chose him because he's a tall attractive young college kid, someone who would get noticed by the us government and the us public. The U.S. really should ban travel by tourists there, and I read that some in Congress are working on it.

How would they ban an individual from visiting North Korea if that country allowed them in?

The US can't stop you from going. They just won't let you come back.

And this is how we end up with North Korea holding Americans hostage...

Huh? Why are they holding hostages?

Because stupid Americans keep going? Because it gives them leverage in "negotiations" with America? Because we keep giving them things they want, like Former Presidents going and Dennis Rodman? See also why you don't negotiate with terrorists...

Whatever the stupid, Trumped up charge was, the kid was basically a hostage. I feel bad for him. But he went sightseeing someplace that takes Americans hostage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Relieved to hear. I'm from Cincy and I have lit a candle for this kid every day for the last year. I blame UVA for taking the kids to a communist country. Of course, boys will always do something stupid, and they should have known that. Hope kid goes to school in OH and not hick VA

+1

I don't like UVA either. But UVA DIDN'T TAKE HIM. He attended UVA. He went "for a bit of adventure."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Warning! Warning! Warning! Stupid question up ahead.....

To those of you who saw the video of the NK guards "escorting" Otto down the hall to his trial (or to his cell, not clear), he had his head down and practically collapsed into the door jam, looking extremely wobbly. I assumed he was either heavily sedated or so traumatized by the proceedings that he could barely walk. My friend, on the other hand, is under the impression that a person in a coma can still walk, with assistance (although completely unaware) and that this video was taken after his coma. Is that true? Can a person in a coma walk??

No

Thanks. So I'm assuming I was correct - he was either sedated or traumatized. (He sure didn't look normal.) I wonder if he had been tortured in some manner prior to the time the video was taken.

I think they hit him with something AFTER his televised confession so he wouldn't try anything funny. There is also some suspicion that Mr. Warmbier may not have been the typical tourist. He had been to North Korea at least two times before this trip.

He had been to NK twice before? First I've heard of this. I'd say a trip to NK is just an ill-advised adventure falling under the "stupid college student who feels invincible" category, but three times? Hmmmm...... Any links?

Yeah, we need to see what sources you have for this information. I don’t believe you.

Such Reports are out there. http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/australian-national-university-professor-labels-otto-warmbier-a-liar-and-a-convenient-actor/news-story/357f95b68ef5d872b0650c044a6e09fb

When I saw the pp claim this was his third time there, I googled to find stories. This was the ONLY one I could find. And, if you read the story, it is absolutely crazy. This so called “Korean Studies Expert” sounds totally loony. Unless there is some other credible, verifiable source, I am totally not believing it. I would think that our media would have reported that either when he was taken prisoner, or when he was released in a coma. This claim just does not make sense. And, the article you linked is total BS.
And.........you said, “such reports are out there”...........link another credible report. TIA.

[Anonymous]

The whole secret Z Society connection is kind of crazy. Does anybody know anything about it?

http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/news/a5473/uva-student-north-korea-secret-society-z/

[Anonymous]

Serves him right, idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serves him right, idiot.

Did you consider yourself liberal or conservative? (I'm just trying to get a sense of the political leanings of people who think like this.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serves him right, idiot.

Did you consider yourself liberal or conservative? (I'm just trying to get a sense of the political leanings of people who think like this.)

Not the pp. I doubt he/she/it knows what a conservative or a liberal is. He/she/it is more of the troll variety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Relieved to hear. I'm from Cincy and I have lit a candle for this kid every day for the last year. I blame UVA for taking the kids to a communist country. Of course, boys will always do something stupid, and they should have known that. Hope kid goes to school in OH and not hick VA

+1

Now we've graduated from blaming Obama to blaming UVA? I thought conservatives were all about personal responsibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serves him right, idiot.

Did you consider yourself liberal or conservative? (I'm just trying to get a sense of the political leanings of people who think like this.)

Not the pp. I doubt he/she/it knows what a conservative or a liberal is. He/she/it is more of the troll variety.

"It" is right.