Obviously the treatment of Otto is unacceptable but neither of them looked for and/or respected the laws of the country that they visited. My karma will not like this post.
Obviously the treatment of Otto is unacceptable but neither of them looked for and/or respected the laws of the country that they visited. My karma will not like this post.
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Upvoted for being actually unpopular.
definitely unpopular, Griner was very clearly targeted. only racists pretend she deserved hard prison for a little bit of weed. what a joke opinion. you must have loved the coverage on fox news.
Literal idiocy.
In Warmbier’s case, there was zero good evidence he even did what they accused him of doing. They used grainy security footage that lacked discernible details, and also had him publicly confess under extreme pressure. With that said, even if he DID steal a poster or whatever the accusation was, he obviously did not deserve to get effectively tortured to death in a foreign prison on the other side of the planet from his home.
Are you Russian or just kinda slow?
They say Brittney Griner deserved to be locked up because their laws are their laws, but…Russia also has age of consent laws as low as 15, so there’s that.
Rage bait is going hard today
Yea…legit, but remember your list is small. I check all my stuff for dope, but folks with mags can’t do the same???
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv22y2j8191o
The difference is they didn’t get taken in Russia.
I feel Brittney griner was treated more like a bargaining chip and a racially motivated but I think that bringing a drug into a country is a beyond stupid idea, and is actively illegal
Otto did not deserve this, he stole a poster, and he was sentenced to such a horrible thing. You said he doesn’t deserve his punishment but the idea of taking away someone’s freedom and putting them into a pen for a poster is idiotic and unfair. Don’t feel like I can downvote but it was an unpopular opinion so I won’t downvote
This is got to be the most unpopular opinion I have seen in awhile congrats for that. I legit want answer why you think Otto Warnbier or Brittney deserve imprisonment? Being an idiot is not illegal
I wish Grindr was left to kneel in her cell. Fuck her and her anti American BS. Sure seemed desperate to get the USA to bail her comi ass out.
I noticed that a lot of the people saying Brittney Griner “deserved” her imprisonment also didn’t believe this American guy should have been imprisoned for (accidentally) bringing ammunition into Turks and Caicos.
I hope all unjustly imprisoned people get to go home, but I’m inclined to agree with OP as far as a certain “voluntary victim” aspect to it. The state department tells people to straight up not go to certain countries, for good reasons.
I think “deserve” often has very little to do with reality. No they don’t “deserve” it imo because no one does (who is innocent, I don’t personally agree with any drug enforcement/punishment on its own). All I can say is you wouldn’t catch me hanging around enemy territory, tempting paycheck or not. Too risky for exactly this reason…
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Warmbier was set up, and scapegoated. North Korea has no concept of a fair and democratic legal system; he never stood a chance. He was not tried by a jury, he had no legal representation, and his punishment was disproportionate to his alleged crime.
I think you know this, though.
You must be oblivious to how evil North Korea is if you think he deserved any of the horrific treatment he got. The poor guy is dead and you’re on NK’s side. It’s well known they hate the US and probably lied about him trying to ‘steal’ a poster. You’re very naive to just how cruel and devious the Kim regime is.
Lol wtf
Unpopular but I actually agree
Not just unpopular but an insane take.
Warmbier didn’t deserve what happened to him. Neither did Griner.
But what each of them did was stupid.
One for even going to North Korea, the other for trying to cross a border with drugs in her possession. Honestly Griner got off easy.
On this note lol
https://www.newsweek.com/russias-merchant-death-warns-donald-trump-his-life-danger-1793211
Do I think the punishment was deserved? No, Russian and North Korean dictatorship have ridiculous punishments. Do I think the broke laws that they were aware of? Yes, r are victims of their own privilege. Do I think the U.S. lives and taxes should bail them out? No.
Griner was incredibly stupid but I wouldn’t say she deserved it
If you believe the authorities in those countries. I wouldn’t believe an American cop if they accused Griner of doing what she allegedly did, let alone a Russian one.