The main problem people have with this is that the punishment does not seem to fit the crime. The crime being attempted theft. Well guess what? We don't get to say what NKs laws are so maybe instead of bitching about the punishment being too extreme you should try not to get punished.
Another complaint I see is that people seem to think NK is lying about the crime and forcing the kid to admit to it. I suppose that's possible by why would it matter? The kid put himself in NK. He made himself a target.
I've never been snatched up by NK police and forced to admit to a crime I didn't commit. Because I've never fucking been to North Korea.
Yeah. It sucks for the kid. He's gonna get tortured and probably die. Do I feel bad for him? No. He made his choice. Even if all he did was go on a tour to NK, which I doubt.
And I doubt he's innocent because plenty of fucking people HAVE gone to NK without incident. NK doesn't snatch up people at random. They may not snatch people up for a good reason but they do have A reason.
And even if they did randomly select this poor innocent guy for no reason at all it doesn't matter. What the fuck was he doing in NK?
It's all so dumb.
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[–] InnocentBystander 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
I can see that empathy is strong in you.
As a great man once said 'you're not wrong, you're just an asshole'.
:)
[–] CapinBoredface [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I have empathy for people close to me. Im too busy being sad a bout all the starving kids in africa and under privileged brown folks to car about a white dude making bad choices.