OT: American basketball player arrested in Indonesia

[Yawin4Heisman]

Malaysia and Thailand have similar drugs laws as Indonesia where the 34 year old “kid” pulled his dumb ph|uck idiocy. Thailand has zero responsibility for the latter’s actions nor those of the seller or EMS World shipment. Obviously, Malaysia has absolutely zero involvement.

A) the guy 100% would have known - any idea he wouldn’t after being there for years is farcical…

But

B) you are incorrect, Malaysia yes, Thailand no. Weed is legal in Thailand now. Bangkok is more flooded with weed than Amsterdam ever was with shops everywhere and you routinely not only see weed but mushrooms and the like openly available for sale in night markets and whatnot. There is sometimes political talk of this being undone but it’s been legal now for 2 or 3 years.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

A) the guy 100% would have known - any idea he wouldn’t after being there for years is farcical…

But

B) you are incorrect, Malaysia yes, Thailand no. Weed is legal in Thailand now. Bangkok is more flooded with weed than Amsterdam ever was with shops everywhere and you routinely not only see weed but mushrooms and the like openly available for sale in night markets and whatnot. There is sometimes political talk of this being undone but it’s been legal now for 2 or 3 years.

Use yes, sale and particularly shipping internationally not so much

 

[RichZ]

A 34 year old is still a kid?

My son is 59. He has grandkids. I still think of him as a kid.

 

[thekollieman]

Can almost guarantee that the “laws are laws” folks here would be singing a completely different tune if one of their adult children got caught breaking a foreign law.

The mental gymnastics would be olympic gold level.

Also, while it’s easy to say we obviously wouldn’t try it, I can imagine this guy himself had already been getting away with it many times prior and likely knew other players who saw it as no big deal. On paper it’s clearly a huge deal, but in practice I’m guessing it goes unnoticed pretty frequently. I could be way off, but that’s just my guess as to “how/why did he put himself in that position?”

 

[dennismenace]

There's no way he wouldn't have heard not to do it. It's not a matter of him having to research laws lmao

He and others have the freedom to do a lot of stupid things. If he was truly ignorant instead of just defiant and ambivalent that says a lot about the importance of practical wisdom like "look before you leap." Says a lot about the dangers of mind altering substances in more ways than one as well.

 

[nomar]

My son is 59. He has grandkids. I still think of him as a kid.

"Your Honor, I respectfully submit that my client be tried as a minor. Sure, he was born 5 years before we landed on the moon, but RichZ thinks of him as just a rosy-cheeked rascal."

 

[dennismenace]

Also, while it’s easy to say we obviously wouldn’t try it, I can imagine this guy himself had already been getting away with it many times prior and likely knew other players who saw it as no big deal. On paper it’s clearly a huge deal, but in practice I’m guessing it goes unnoticed pretty frequently. I could be way off, but that’s just my guess as to “how/why did he put himself in that position?”

When human beings reflect on "mistakes" in their past a big part of the motivation is often "because I thought I could get away with it". In other words if I thought I couldn't I would not have done it. Risk taking considered but dismissed. No deception like self deception. Darkens the mind. The lie: I can get away with it. I believe the lie repeatedly. After a while I believe the lie and pretty soon it is no longer a lie but "the truth". The truth becomes if I can get away with it it no longer is "wrong" because the consequences won't affect me.

 

[Mister Wonderful]

My son is 59. He has grandkids. I still think of him as a kid.

Could that be because, I don’t know, he is your kid?