but this guy was 21 and he stole a poster, let's make him out to be the irrational one in a scenario where he's pitted against possibly the craziest fucking government on earth. what he did was dumb but he paid a very heavy price for it, a disproportionately heavy one to understate it. the fact that we also let people pay the ultimate price for even less--walking down the street, playing with a toy, driving a car while legally armed--just says we need to do a lot fucking better, too.