re: 3 US governors ask Turks and Caicos to release Americans detained over ammo

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These guys fricked up and should face the consequences as well.

Don’t bring shite you aren’t supposed to have into foreign countries.

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On a practical level, sure. I have no intention of stripping these guys of agency or personal responsibility.

But we have no obligation to respect or value the stupid laws of another country in terms of how Americans respond to the situation. There is zero wrong with Americans telling T&C they'll bleed their tourism and punish their economy if they don't find a way out of imprisoning dads who have zero moral culpability/wrongdoing in any meaningful sense.