So you’re this cavalier about women being lashed and stoned in other countries, then?

I’m not rationalizing it. But why are you applying Western standard of justice or fairness to a crazy, authoritarian Dictatorship?

The guy decided to book his tour through a site that specialized on places “your mother would rather you not visit.” The State Department doesn’t discourage tourism to North Korea for fun. There are legitimate reasons to be in dangerous places, but tourism isn’t one of them. (And not all the money from tourism goes to…

It’s not victim blaming. Victim blaming is telling a victim of sexual assault she shouldn’t have worn a short skirt. She’s not doing anything wrong.

But he did not hurt anyone with his foolishness, and is now facing a really horrific punishment that he may well not survive

Calling this victim blaming is offensive to actual victims.

Pretty big difference between the “got shitfaced one night and wound up with a tattoo of Bea Arthur on my ass” kind of youthful indiscretion and “dicking around in a totalitarian nightmare country that people risk their lives to escape” kind.

Calling this victim blaming is like calling it victim-blaming when you say a person who got mauled by a tiger shouldn’t have climbed into the tiger cage.

I didn’t do dumb shit like this when I was 21, and I certainly wouldn’t go partying in North Korea. We all know what the country is about. . Also the fact that he told a bunch of people he was planning to do this beforehand, I have no sympathy for this kid.

But here’s the thing, though..actions have consequences. EVERYONE knows that if you, as an American, travel to North Korea, you are taking a HUGE risk, and if something happens, the US can do very little to help you.

We all did dumb shit when we were 21, but we didn’t go to North Korea to do it.

She's not a regular mom she's a cool mom.

I can’t see him Russian into anything. I think he’s only 22.

Legend..waitforit..ary

Were we watching the same clip? I saw a guy who was taken aback when Colbert started in on him from the jump, who wanted to play along but was caught off guard, and whose personality leans towards reserved and a bit shy. Colbert should have backed off as soon as Casey started looking uncomfortable; after all, isn’t…

I can’t lie, the Liberal Arts major in me is digging the professor vibe. 8/10, would bang on a pile of books in the library.

Wendy has always been a horrible person in my book. Please go somewhere and shut the fuck up forever.

This one actually angered me. You’re not eight. Respect the wilderness; we have such little left.

I was once on a flight from Winnipeg to Vancouver, sitting in the window seat, when a very large guy sat down next to me, taking up both the aisle and the middle seat. I’m a small guy; short and scrawny. Even though he was sitting as close to the aisle as possible, his body was still pressing me against the window. I…

• Flight attendants tell passengers this and it always gets ignored so it warrants repeating: Do not put coats and small bags in the overhead until everyone’s onboard and you know there’s room.