Versatile wrote:
Scuba1 wrote:
Thanks for posting - I do remember the case; sad all ways round - tragic that a young man had to loose his life over an insident so not meriting it - but hindsight is always 20/20. And yes, justice did move swiftly.
2 small howevers:
While sad, the young man put himself in the situation - I hate blaming the victim, but he was doing something wrong - - paid way too high a price for it, but he is not 100% blameless - still so sad, but the "reaction" from the guard was excessive regardless; normally at hotels in the USA guards are not armed, nor would they fire on someone, even if they suspected robbery - but we should realize when we go to a foreign country we are not in "Kansas" anymore - and govern our actions acordingly
I think the Johnson's have a better chance of seeing Jesus than the 646k
2 small howevers:
While sad, the young man put himself in the situation - I hate blaming the victim, but he was doing something wrong - - paid way too high a price for it, but he is not 100% blameless - still so sad, but the "reaction" from the guard was excessive regardless; normally at hotels in the USA guards are not armed, nor would they fire on someone, even if they suspected robbery - but we should realize when we go to a foreign country we are not in "Kansas" anymore - and govern our actions acordingly
I think the Johnson's have a better chance of seeing Jesus than the 646k
Not sure if he did anything wrong at all. He paid for accommodation there. Thus he had the right to walk around pretty much where he wanted. I did not read that he was in a restricted area at all. The hotel should have been understanding that these were K*ds that had never left the USA before and unexpected things should be expected with teenagers.
All good points
Again - read my post - the reaction did not warrant the "crime" - the K*ds had a curfew and were told not to leave their rooms - so again, if you want to be strict, the K*D in question broke the rules and assuming the guard was so informed of the curfew, it may be reasonable to assume that he did not expect the young guests to be out and about, especially - as was reported - sneaking about - - and paid the ultimate price for it; way too high - probably a 100 things could have been done differently in retrospect - and then a young life would have been spared - these things have a life of their own:
A) The K*D should not have broken curfew - he should have been in his room (however, should not have been killed for so doing )
B) Should never have fired on the K*D in the first place
C) Should not have been armed perhaps
D) Should have had some training vs <likely> just being issued a lethal weapon
You know, its one of those things that could be debated endlessly - not just this tragic insident, but the takeaway for me is is the reinforcing that once we leave the USA, we are not "home" anymore - and even in a beautiful, mostly safe, country like CR, populated by layed back, mellow people for the most part - stuff can happen.
And yes, I could believe the fact that the guard was a Nica payed a role in the swiftness and the sentenance.