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hinch on 23 March 2013
MoHasanie said:
hinch said:
He should be glad he didn't try something like this in Dubai. He wouldn't be around to write a book about it.


Actually UAE prisons aren't too bad and probably much much better than that prison he was in. They would have treated him better in prison, but the courts here may have given him the death penalty for taking someone else's life. In fact, in the prisons here there are lots of foreigners, but they are mostly here because they were in debt and couldn't pay the banks back, and for that, they were sent to jail.  

Yeah, sorry I was just giving a random example. I just get sick of people banging on about certain countries because its cool these days to bash them. And how "they'd never go there" or declare their law over another after hearing these sensationalism articles. These things happen all the time around the world and I can guarantee you that a lot more prisons are much worse than this. So, he had to eat congee and rice everyday, had no place to excercise and had smoke blowing in his face.. boo fucking hoo, shouldn't have killed a man then.

Its simple, if you visit foreign lands you respect their law. If you dont't like it it, tough. Different cultures, laws and all that. Sure, he might have been mistreated but he must have known it is a communist country. If you break to law, you will face the consequences.



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hinch on 23 March 2013
thranx said:
hinch said:
He should be glad he didn't try something like this in Dubai. He wouldn't be around to write a book about it.

I'm sorry but he should have done time for what he did. It's the price you have pay for taking someones life, "accidental" or not. And it would take some extreme force to kill someone like that. He must have went overboard.

Then there's the topic heading, christ if I were from China I'd find this topic very offensive. This isn't the real China, its just some guy who went to country, got into a fight and killed someone. The guy got off lightly, if anything.


it was self defence not anaccident.

Booting a man in the head after throwing him to the ground is inexcusable.



MoHasanie on 23 March 2013
hinch said:
MoHasanie said:
hinch said:
He should be glad he didn't try something like this in Dubai. He wouldn't be around to write a book about it.


Actually UAE prisons aren't too bad and probably much much better than that prison he was in. They would have treated him better in prison, but the courts here may have given him the death penalty for taking someone else's life. In fact, in the prisons here there are lots of foreigners, but they are mostly here because they were in debt and couldn't pay the banks back, and for that, they were sent to jail.  

Yeah, sorry I was just giving a random example. I just get sick of people banging on about certain countries because its cool these days to bash them. And how "they'd never go there" or declare their law over another after hearing these sensationalism articles. These things happen all the time around the world and I can guarantee you that a lot more prisons are much worse than this. So, he had to eat congee and rice everyday, had no place to excercise and had smoke blowing in his face boo fucking hoo, shouldn't have killed a man then.

Its simple, if you visit foreign lands you respect their law. If you dont't like it it, tough. Different cultures, laws and all that. Sure, he might have been mistreated but he must have known it is a communist country. If you break to law, you will face the consequences.


Yeah, good point. Also, there must be 2 sides to this story. Like, why would 5 men randomly beat him up? There are millions of people who visit China every year, but you never hear about stories like this, so there must have been a reason why they did it. 



    

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mrstickball on 23 March 2013

I find this thread to be a hilarious false dichotomy.

On one end, people believe that China is wonderful and this store is pure BS.
On the other, people believe that this means China is an atrocious place to be, where death awaits you around every corner.

Pretty sure the reality is neither. Every story I have read about China's prison system echoes these types of statements. How many people that are praising China in this thread have had friends or family go to jail in China? Heck, we're seeing all kinds of stuff about people writing on manufactured goods in China stating that they're doing forced labor and can't get out.

On the other end, I'm sure that China is a very pleasant experience for those that don't test the law and have to deal with the countries' human rights records.



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