People like him are welcome in the non-authoritarian part of thè world. Just sad that he had to leave family and friends behind.
Also, very cool stunt!
this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
342 points (97.5% liked)
News
22595 readers
4110 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
And he will be tracked wherever he goes by "china police" in foreign countries, like there's in Canada, who will threaten to kill his family in China.
any country a citizen needs to run from in fear for their life is objectively an utter shithole
Lee said Kwon attended Iowa State University and has a degree in aerodynamics.
He puts his knowledge to good use.
He Is a Man of Focus, Commitment and Sheer Fucking Will
And a lot of petroleum.
Nobody noticed the dude zip tying 300 miles worth of fuel to his jet ski?
It's not that much fuel. From what I can tell, jet skis usually get about 20 miles per gallon, so he would need 15 gallons of fuel, minimum
Article states a lot more than that.
Most fun defection ever! Going to lose his deposit though.
Jk jk that's a terrible joke.
Like that last scene in resident evil 4, he might be carrying the President's daughter too.