Living dangerously!

[green meanie]

Nobody risked their lives rescuing this kid. They found him wandering the streets of baghdad, the same streets they were wondering anyway.

What's more, nobodies encouraging anyone, unless this kid is reading this forum. What I said, and let me make this perfectly clear, is that this kid had some guts to engage in this trek. I didn't say that he was showing wisdom, but at 16, who does.

However, in a past age, we'd have told stories about this kind of adventure. So, again, I think you're missing the issue. I admire this kids determination, not his judgement. Some people are content to watch the world on 2 dimensional screens, this kid wasn't. Say what you want about his choices, his desire to experience it for himself was commendable. With some real world experience and better judgement, this kid will go far. See it for what it is, not what it isn't....which it isn't an endorsement of his actions, just acknowledgement of his ambition.

Seconded.

 

[jdinca]

You guys are making this thread really, really hard to keep foul language out of. This is by far, the most absurd form of encouragement I have witnessed. Endeavors of this magnitude are admirable, but not when the stakes are as high as they were in this case. Moreover, as I said before, imagine if a soldier had died rescuing him; or anyone died in some altercation that ensued as a result of his presence. Seriously, people, why are we ignoring the obvious? This was stupid, there are much safer stupid things to do; I know, because I do them.

Had any of those things happened, I think you would be seeing a much different response.

 

[Jonathan Randall]

I read an article online where his mother said they would have a long discussion of "consequences" for his actions. It's good he's safe, and if he lives long enough, we will probably hear from him again. Perhaps there's a Pullitzer Prize in his later future.