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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get all of the mean bitches on this thread. I hope your kids do something stupid and then see how you are treated. Meanies.[/quote]

Meanies???  :shock:

There is doing something stupid (sending a topless picture to a boy or smoking pot) and then there is going to North Korea on vacation.  Whole different category. And it's not like you can kinda accidentally wander into North Korea and not know what you are getting into.  It is actually a tough place to visit.   This kid did the equivalent of traveling to Iraq in 2003 and then acting shocked that he got hit by a roadside bomb. Or yes, deciding to go hiking in Iran. Not every place in the world is safe, just because you are an American. And if you travel to a totalitarian regime that does not have diplomatic relations with the US and does not believe in due process, you can't expect that your Constitutional rights as an American will be respected.  In America, you play by our rules. In North Korea, you play be theirs. And Nort Korea's rules are harsh, and arbitrary and unfair.  Which is why you don't go there.

What  happened to this kid is not a big surprise.  It was entirely predictable.  Anyone could have seen it coming. How?  The Department of State said in bold letters that this exact thing was not just possible, but likely.

This whole affluenza defense just needs to stop. No one's kids are protected when they do things they are clearly told are dangerous. I don't have a lot of patience for kids who drive under the influence, for people who play Russian Roulette and lose, or for North Korean "tourists".   I just hope no one else gets hurt because of their bad judgment. [/quote]

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