NK hostage released but in a coma...

[Scott Douglas]

And now his folks have asked the coroner not to perform an autopsy so we'll never really know what killed him.
If I were his father I'd have a hard time living with myself if I found out what we all think the truth of the matter really is. That the NK's used all kinds of chemicals on him during his time there.
I wonder who paid for his trip over there.
If his parents did, shame on them I say. THEY should have known better.

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by jyl

Doesn't matter what you call it. Everyone will know the USA pays ransom for hostages. Really want to open that Pandora's box? Every year, tens of millions of U.S. citizens travel abroad. They can be kidnapped as easily in London as in Mozambique.

I agree with your logic.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by motion

Visiting North Korea on vacation takes bad judgement to a whole nother level.

Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

You can sure say that again.

Visiting North Korea on vacation takes bad judgement to a whole nother level.


That said, we should have empathy for the family and righteous anger toward NK.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by javadog

We may eventually learn the real story

JR

Sadly, I think there's very little chance of that. It is a horrible shame, for the kid and for his parents and family.

Hopefully, eventually, Fat Little Bastard gets his comeuppance or at the very least a quick, early death.

[Don Ro]

Listening to a brief radio interview of some gent who is intimate with NK and its ways.
Said the "hard labor" is their way of meaning interrogation and torture.
He said that the boy was most likely repeatedly beaten at first and then if nothing came of it he'd be given experimental concoctions of drugs as testings for efficacy.
Who knows?...maybe the cause of his final condition.
.
This is going to be some kind of eventual showdown, I suspect.

[mgatepi]

Originally Posted by rusnak

I agree with your logic.

So you mean trading Terrorists for a transgender traitor is OK? Not sure I understand your logic at all.
So why doesn't this scheme result in millions of kidnappings per year?

Why don't we ask Otto's parents how much he was worth?

[jyl]

Originally Posted by mgatepi

Why don't we ask Otto's parents how much he was worth?

You can pay it.

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by mgatepi

So you mean trading Terrorists for a transgender traitor is OK? Not sure I understand your logic at all.
So why doesn't this scheme result in millions of kidnappings per year?

Why don't we ask Otto's parents how much he was worth?

If you want to sew a pecker on your body so you can be a man, then go right ahead, just pay for it on your own.