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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you making this a partisan issue? I am a Democrat who has no love for N Korea. [/quote]

Re-read this thread.[/quote]

DP. You can't honestly believe that non-hypocritical conservatives also think Otto should have never been in NK. Requiring someone to think and take personal responsibility does not equate to lack of sympathy for his current medical condition. However, you must agree that it could have all beeen avoided. [/quote]

I think that liberals are blaming Otto for what happened because he's a white 'frat boy'. He was on a legal and legitimate tour. [/quote]

When in Rome, do as the Romans.  If the law says you don't remove political signs, you don't remove political signs.[/quote]

In the end, this is what matters. When you are in another country, you follow their laws. If you don't like it, don't go. Your rights do not extend beyond US borders and every single country page on the State Department website has warned for years that local laws apply in other countries and if you break them, they can't help you. It doesn't matter if you think the law is stupid or wrong. I'm not even convinced that going to NK was the fatal mistake here--thousands of people have gone there as tourists, behaved themselves, and come back fine. If you are not prepared to toe the line exactly, you should not go. Warmbier didn't deserve the severity of these consequences but I 100% believe he swiped that sign because it sounds exactly like what a dumb college kid would do in an American hotel if he liked the bathrobe or the design on the matchbook covers or something. He should have known better. It's not like the North Koreans are secretive about how seriously they take this stuff and how draconian they can be. Bad choice, disproportionately bad consequences. I'm sorry for him, but this is not our government's responsibility. 
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A legal and legitimate tour to Hong Kong or to North Korea? [/quote]

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