DamnianWayne@lemmy.world to World News@quokk.au · 4 days agoSwiss tourist sentenced to a year in jail for insulting Bali's sacred Day of Silenceapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down10
arrow-up1107arrow-down1external-linkSwiss tourist sentenced to a year in jail for insulting Bali's sacred Day of Silenceapnews.comDamnianWayne@lemmy.world to World News@quokk.au · 4 days agomessage-square34linkfedilink
minus-squareMrSulu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·4 days agoFair enough, he was even warned. Seems a bit silly turning up as a tourist and expecting to be exempted from another nation’s laws. Sure, anyone can have a view and an opinion about another nation’s laws, but you are not exempt.
minus-squareHawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·4 days agoThere wouldn’t even be a problem if he didn’t immediately post it to Instagram. Fully deserved honestly.
Fair enough, he was even warned. Seems a bit silly turning up as a tourist and expecting to be exempted from another nation’s laws. Sure, anyone can have a view and an opinion about another nation’s laws, but you are not exempt.
There wouldn’t even be a problem if he didn’t immediately post it to Instagram. Fully deserved honestly.