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That_Happened posted...

I don't think anyone here respects Chinese law, especially one that jails a person for 10 years for shoplifting. But those of us who aren't idiots know we don't have any control over what Chinese laws are, and I feel like if most of us traveled abroad we would know not to act like idiots and disrespect the countries that are temporarily hosting us.

Also honestly if you're an athlete who is already getting a lot of stuff handed to him for free at home, the fact that you'd shoplift sunglasses from China makes you entitled as fuck and I have no sympathy for you.

Still though, none of this really disagrees with what TC is saying though.

Like I think it boils more down to "Yeah, those guys were dumb for shoplifting and should obviously be punished but just because the law says you should get 10 years for it doesn't mean that it's reasonable to get 10 years for it. Maybe we should rethink 10 year sentences for shoplifting."

And I understand that the country in the example here is China and there is obviously nothing any of us can do about Chines laws, but the mindset that the TC talks about extends beyond China.
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