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Starshark
Dec 22, 2005
Doctor Rope
Does anyone have an article about his arrest, I'm just trying to figure out why you get jailed for stealing propaganda.

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GRINDCORE MEGGIDO
Feb 28, 1985


Think he was aggressive at the airport.

Starshark
Dec 22, 2005
Doctor Rope

quote:

It said he entered North Korea as a tourist and was "was caught committing a hostile act against the state," which it said was "tolerated and manipulated by the U.S. government".

Ah, that sounds like your problem right there. I guess the lesson is, don't commit crimes in dictatorships and sass the authorities.

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He was sent on a psyop mission by the CIA to demoralize the North Korean people by sabotaging their inspiring hotel poster. Fortunately, the savvy and loyal agents of the DPRK saw through his sinister plot before it was too late.

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

It says he talked to a solder and then it went to poo poo

Also

quote:

A few thousand Westerners are thought to visit North Korea each year, and Pyongyang is pushing for more tourists as a way to help its dismal economy.

Only a lucky few are selected for the brain damage special though

Manchild King
Oct 22, 2010
Misogynistic, self-absorbed, incredibly unfunny asshole. BLOCK ME or I will steal your face for creepy fetish porn!
So what actually caused all the brain damage? Is this something that can happen from being overworked or was he beat around the head while being interogated?

AKA Pseudonym
May 16, 2004

A dashing and sophisticated young man
Doctor Rope
I think it's entirely possible the North Koreans might be shading the truth a little bit regarding the circumstances of this guy's arrest maybe?

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

Manchild King posted:

So what actually caused all the brain damage? Is this something that can happen from being overworked or was he beat around the head while being interogated?

What in the gently caress do you THINK caused it?
I'm guessing you're not too familiar with what 'work' is, given your dumb rear end question.

Manchild King
Oct 22, 2010
Misogynistic, self-absorbed, incredibly unfunny asshole. BLOCK ME or I will steal your face for creepy fetish porn!
I don't know. Was it on purpose or did they accidentally go overboard?

Starshark
Dec 22, 2005
Doctor Rope

AKA Pseudonym posted:

I think it's entirely possible the North Koreans might be shading the truth a little bit regarding the circumstances of this guy's arrest maybe?

Feel free to post what you think happened.

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Big Beef City posted:

What in the gently caress do you THINK caused it?
I'm guessing you're not too familiar with what 'work' is, given your dumb rear end question.

Lol are you actually insulting him ? NK will beat and starve people who live in the same street as someone who farted on glorious leaders birthday and call it "work" or "reeducation" or whatever the gently caress

GUYS STOP
Jun 7, 2003
Grimey Drawer

Starshark posted:

Does anyone have an article about his arrest, I'm just trying to figure out why you get jailed for stealing propaganda.
it's loving north korea. you can get sent to a labor camp for three generations for having the wrong haircut

mike12345
Jul 14, 2008

"Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."





But that hospital statement earlier said brain tissue loss apparently occured *before* his trip to NK. So... what?

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

mike12345 posted:

But that hospital statement earlier said brain tissue loss apparently occured *before* his trip to NK. So... what?

I thought that was a "he dumb for going to nk" Joke

mike12345
Jul 14, 2008

"Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."





OXBALLS DOT COM posted:

I thought that was a "he dumb for going to nk" Joke

I can't find it now. Yeah probably someone altered a quote, me dumb. Maybe I should go to NK.

turn off the TV
Aug 4, 2010

moderately annoying

IMHO as a general rule of thumb you shouldn't go on vacation to places like North Korea, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, etc. and expect to not die.

Toadvine
Mar 16, 2009
Please disregard my advice w/r/t history.
he was hardcore asking for it

ElGroucho
Nov 1, 2005

We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane
Fun Shoe
Time for a white dude vacation


Hmm, I hear war torn Sudan is nice this time of year

tjolle
Aug 12, 2013
So he went to Pyongyang and lost his marbles? Fwiw the article makes it sounds like he was complaining about some medical condition at the airport, so maybe this is just an example of the public healthcare in NK?

Thundercracker
Jun 25, 2004

Proudly serving the Ruinous Powers since as a veteran of the long war.
College Slice
Who the gently caress goes to North Korea for vacation? Seriously, who actually has that idea and doesn't immediately get thought down. I'd literally think one of my friends got brain damage if he suggested the idea.

I really wish it was that douchey surfer dude instead though. Those idiots were grade a bro-morons, but I guess they had the sense not to commit misdemeanors in N.Korea.

Psycho Society
Oct 21, 2010
North Korea's not that dangerous, actually

Thundercracker
Jun 25, 2004

Proudly serving the Ruinous Powers since as a veteran of the long war.
College Slice

Psycho Society posted:

North Korea's not that dangerous, actually

Eh, maybe you're right. It's not Milwaukee that's for sure. Guy's brain damaged, but at least he didn't die of thirst in a Milwaukee jail.

Psycho Society
Oct 21, 2010
Yeah generally NK is pretty good at keeping the executing to their own citizens

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Psycho Society posted:

North Korea's not that dangerous, actually

Until they decide to abduct and torture you yes

big nipples big life
May 12, 2014

Psycho Society posted:

North Korea's not that dangerous, actually

I think Otto would disagree.

Psycho Society
Oct 21, 2010
Like how much more likely is a tourist to get attacked or abducted or killed in NK compared to Mexico, or Brazil, or other popular spots? It's probably much less, I'm guessing

Psycho Society
Oct 21, 2010
Idk if you can really call NK tourism dangerous because of oppressive regime when Dubai and the UAE are so popular and are built on taking passports from immigrants and using them as slave labor

Toadvine
Mar 16, 2009
Please disregard my advice w/r/t history.

Psycho Society posted:

Idk if you can really call NK tourism dangerous because of oppressive regime when Dubai and the UAE are so popular and are built on taking passports from immigrants and using them as slave labor

tbf what did those nepalese migrant workers expect looking for work in qatar

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

Psycho Society posted:

Idk if you can really call NK tourism dangerous because of oppressive regime when Dubai and the UAE are so popular and are built on taking passports from immigrants and using them as slave labor

The difference is that those are the crapholes where white people can ignore the law with little to no consequences (unless they're religious laws- then watch out)

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Lol at comparing some drunken idiot from Ohio touring a dictatorship and an enslaved immigrant worker, just lmfao

Psycho Society
Oct 21, 2010
In this comparison the north koreans in prison camps are being compared to immigrant workers, not white boys

VikingSkull
Jan 23, 2017
Look Viking you're a trash Trump supporter what the fuck makes you think you can have an avatar that isn't what I decide? Shut your fucking trap and go away. Your trolling is tiresome and just shits up the forum.
5 Americans go to North Korea, 1 comes back with the IQ of something sold in Ikea

1,000,000 Americans go to Mexico and Brazil, 50 are victims of crime

"Gee guys North Korea seems safe" - a person who is not smart, to say the least

big nipples big life
May 12, 2014

Maybe that person went to NK, did ya think of that?

SpaceClown
Feb 13, 2016

by FactsAreUseless
Brazil is a sexy tropical country with beautiful cities and countryside

NK is literally kazhakstan with a banana republic-esque despot

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Psycho Society posted:

In this comparison the north koreans in prison camps are being compared to immigrant workers, not white boys

Oh tbf I am illiterate

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

SpaceClown posted:

Brazil is a sexy tropical country with beautiful cities and countryside

NK is literally kazhakstan with a banana republic-esque despot

You just sold me on going to nk, thanks friend

SpaceClown
Feb 13, 2016

by FactsAreUseless
When you return, will your posts improve in quality?

Toadvine
Mar 16, 2009
Please disregard my advice w/r/t history.
State oppression and murder of civilians is cool...sometimes

Psycho Society
Oct 21, 2010

VikingSkull posted:

5 Americans go to North Korea, 1 comes back with the IQ of something sold in Ikea

1,000,000 Americans go to Mexico and Brazil, 50 are victims of crime

"Gee guys North Korea seems safe" - a person who is not smart, to say the least

Since 1996 here have been 18 westerners imprisoned in north korea for various lengths of time, most of those being ethnically korean. About 5,000 westerners go there every year. How many of those have died? How many tourists visiting mexico have died?

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Toadvine
Mar 16, 2009
Please disregard my advice w/r/t history.
Haha nah I'm kidding it's never cool or deserved. I don't care what kind of person gets tossed into a prison labor camp or gets the poo poo beat out of them by police officers it's wrong every time it happens

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