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

Hey, but she intentionally took drugs in to the country. These are just some baws who made an honest mistake.

Look, of course the potential sentence is ridiculous. Of course some discretion should be used and they should be let out with time served and a fine. But you hear about this type of stuff often, and it's hard to feel too much sympathy for people who do this.

I'm perfectly fine with the U.S. Government exerting some pressure on TCI to get them released, and if people want to boycott TCI, they can knock themselves out.

I've just been to TCI probably 5 or 6 times and have always enjoyed myself (other than the astronomical prices for food).

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Really interesting seeing some of the same folks who said we should "let Greiner rot" in this thread begging for this guy to be released

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I'll go ahead and say I don't care about ideological consistency here either

Griner crapped on the United States and very likely intentionally tried to sneak drugs into Russia. The reality is that MOST of those being all FAFO with her probably would have supported a reasonable effort to free her and probably were just annoyed by media acting like she was a persecuted saint when she is, in fact, quite unlikable.

Three normal American dudes with kids who made a harmless error fit easily into my personal definition of "Us"

Griner...not as easily, even though deep down I certainly supported her not being in a Russian gulag indefinitely.