Vacationing in a war zone

[mcantar18c]

His reason:
"Just thought I would come check it out."

My thought process:
"Why the hell would anybody be dumb enough to want to do that? Oh... UCLA... that explains it. Wish more of those fucks would join him.... University of Communist Lefty Asshats."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44359943/ns/world_news-christian_science_monitor/?GT1=43001

[theGinsue]

Just like the dumb@$$es who went vacationing in Iraq and decided to take a little hike along the Iranian border...

"Oh, the mean Iranians captured us and are calling us spys - please save us America". They should be executed just for being dumb@sses!

[jhood001]

I'm not sure what to make of this:

On one hand, I give the kid mad props for traveling half-way around the world in order to actually SEE something that is going on in his life-time. He is seeing it. He isn't back-seat quarter-backing and talking about something that is going on that he hasn't actually seen with is own eyes. Good for him.

On the other hand, based on the article, he seems to be ill-prepared and ill-equipped to a degree to where he could very easily become a victim in such an environment.

I've seen a great deal of the world and it was often times in less than secure environments. I learned a great deal from it. And I think the biggest lesson that I learned was something that Matthew gave to us that is present in the Holy Bible:

Be quick not to judge, lest you be.... called an ignorant fucking ass-hat for casting judgement on something you'll never understand.

Or at least that is what I think Matthew said.

And for you to cast an ENTIRE university in a negative light speaks volumes about your ignorance.

Cheers.

[Irving]

Easy dude, he was just defending human life and he had to close the gap from LA to Libya first is all. ;)

[Elhuero]

a man was killed and his wife kidnapped in kenya while on vaction at a coast resort near the somali border.

looks like the somali pirates are diversifying.

told my Dad, no sympathy from me for anyone that takes a vacation anywhere near somalia.

[Guylee]

Play stupid games...

[DD977GM2]

Would anyone on here have enough balls to do what that kid did or is still doing?

Its not my cup of tea, nor would I want to do that as ill prepared as he was, but at least he had the balls to go and do something of that magnitude.
We all did stupid shit when we were younger, obviously not this stupid or crazy, but the ignorance of some of these posts astounds me.

[mcantar18c]

Would anyone on here have enough balls to do what that kid did or is still doing?
There's a fine line between brave and stupid, and this kid is most certainly on the Darwin Awards side of it.

[Outlaw1]

The article makes it seem like he went all the way out there to be a groupie because it would be 'sick'.

[DD977GM2]

There's a fine line between brave and stupid, and this kid is most certainly on the Darwin Awards side of it.

Id disagree with you there. I have been rock climbing for 20 years. Tho it isnt exactly the same thing, I have seen people do things climbing that are far worse and didnt get them killed, luck was just with them, When I was in the Navy, I saw some dumbshit from folks who were not trained to do the job they intended to do.

Is he honestly any worse off then any of the inbedded Press reporters and photographers, with the exception of no body armor aside? At least he has or at one time had a weapon to defend himself.

[theGinsue]

Be quick not to judge, lest you be.... called an ignorant fucking ass-hat for casting judgement on something you'll never understand.


Would anyone on here have enough balls to do what that kid did or is still doing?

We all did stupid shit when we were younger, obviously not this stupid or crazy, but the ignorance of some of these posts astounds me.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.


Is he honestly any worse off then any of the inbedded Press reporters and photographers, with the exception of no body armor aside? At least he has or at one time had a weapon to defend himself.

Yes, he is. At least the reporters (who I think are typically foolish as well, but..) ARE prepared with the proper protective equipment and translators, etc. They have press credentials which identify WHY they are there. This kid can't speak their language and his motives for being there could certainly fall under scrutiny of both sides of this conflict.

So, what happens if things go terribly wrong for him? Will he and his family expect the U.S. to save his sorry butt? Of course they will - it's the norm for folks who carelessly put themselves in harms way for no other reason than to get a thrill. In the end it always costs the taxpayers lots of money when our government works to secure these folks from their own stupidity. Sometimes it puts the lives of our servicemembers at risk too. So, it's okay to put other people at risk to save you from your own stupidity? I think not.

[Ronin13]

Would anyone on here have enough balls to do what that kid did or is still doing?

Its not my cup of tea, nor would I want to do that as ill prepared as he was, but at least he had the balls to go and do something of that magnitude.
We all did stupid shit when we were younger, obviously not this stupid or crazy, but the ignorance of some of these posts astounds me.

Okay, I have, for the most part, done what this kid did (kind of)... I, at the ripe age of 21, signed a good portion of my life over, trained for a few years, then went over to a war zone. Granted I did it in a uniform that included body armor rated to protect me from rifle rounds, a helmet, boots, eye and ear protection, and a nice array of weapons including an M240B 7.62mm crew served machine gun. That's doing it the right way. And I didn't speak Pashtu, Farsi or any other of the 14 languages spoken in the Afghan frontier. This kid really is stupid. He's lucky that Muslims believe in such sheer hospitality, otherwise he would probably be dangling from a sign post in the middle of the city. There is a thin line between ballsy and f*cking retarded... this kid is definitely not ballsy. The same thing goes with the missionaries that go to Jakarta and then people are up in arms when the Al Qaeda friendly Jakarta extremists kidnap and decapitate them. I honestly look at is as a little thing we learned in school way back when called "Natural Selection."