Fifteen year’s in a North Korean prison with hard labor is the future for American tourist, Otto Warmbier, the 21-year-old University of Virginia undergrad, convicted of subversion. The trial in the North Korean Supreme Court only took an hour to convict and sentence.
The college student was first tried in the media, where he was forced to confess, through tears, that he had attempted to steal a banner. The North Korean government said he committed “an anti-state crime with ‘the tacit connivance of the U.S. government and under its manipulation,'” yet it is difficult to see how the United States was connected with this petty crime.
Warmbeir begged for forgiveness for this alleged ‘hostile act’, saying that his attempted theft was to bring home a trophy from the hotel in which he was staying. Yanggakdo International Hotel, like many hotels in North Korea has areas off-limits to foreigners. It was in this part of the hotel that Warmbeir attempted to lift the banner.
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You reap what you sow. You just reaped 15 years of hard labor. What a moron. Why the hell would one ever want to go to North Korea even if you had done the least amount of research?
Good, 15 years without his stupidity is a plus for all of us.
Todd Hartshorn.. We have both Republic and Democracy!
Is the United States of America a republic or a democracy? – The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/13/is-the-united-states-of-america-a-republic-or-a-democracy
They are social services not socialism, socialism is a small part of communism and will lead there if we keep giving into federal government control. The more you let government make your decisions for you then the dumber you will become. We are a republic but socialism will take that away!
Exactly. That prank was very costly and he was old enough to know better.
And I’m really supposed to feel sorry for the idiot. You mess with th e bull you get the horn
http://conservativepost.com/capitalism-vs-socialism-brilliantly-explained-for-dummies/
https://mises.org/library/greece-illustrates-150-years-socialist-failure-europe
http://joeforamerica.com/2016/02/sweden-way-ahead-americas-healthcare-might-want-know/
http://fee.org/articles/why-socialism-failed/