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Presto 09-03-2011 08:25 PM

Chris Jeon - Fool from LA that went to Libya
 
There's all this news blowing up about this kid name Chris Jeon that went to Libya to take part in the revolution. Latest reports states that the rebels have sent him packing, but he's trying to get back on the front lines again.

Libyan Rebels Give UCLA Tagalong the Boot, But He Won't Leave - Global - The Atlantic Wire


He's a glowing target for a sniper with that jersey:
http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/C...a.grid-7x2.jpg

El Bastardo 09-03-2011 09:17 PM

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld...9a2wo1_500.png

SB7 09-03-2011 09:35 PM

Super massive facepalm ....
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CorneringArtist 09-03-2011 09:45 PM

Sounds like the Libyan version of Malibu's Most Wanted LOL.

SkinnyPupp 09-03-2011 10:02 PM

He's doing it wrong

You're supposed to buy the T-Shirts AFTER the regime has been overrun.

V4NC1TY 09-03-2011 10:52 PM

apparently he joined in on the revolution 'cause he was bored .. :seriously:

“It is the end of my summer vacation, so I thought it would be cool to join the rebels”

Bored UCLA Student Joins Libyan Rebels | Danger Room | Wired.com

AutozamAZ-3 09-03-2011 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by V4NC1TY (Post 7567256)
apparently he joined in on the revolution 'cause he was bored .. :seriously:

“It is the end of my summer vacation, so I thought it would be cool to join the rebels”

Bored UCLA Student Joins Libyan Rebels | Danger Room | Wired.com

poor kid wont make it back for sept semester

StylinRed 09-03-2011 10:59 PM

:facepalm:

Culture_Vulture 09-03-2011 11:02 PM

:lol just look at his face in that picture
just screams DERP!

Sid Vicious 09-04-2011 01:07 AM

hows this any different than signing up for a tour of duty?

you get shot as a combatant, you get shot as a tourist...either way your dead...cept as a combatant ur a hero

Mananetwork 09-04-2011 01:58 AM

I think he went to participate in extracurricular activities to boost his GPA!

zulutango 09-04-2011 05:30 AM

He thinks he will be starring in the Lybian series called "Tripoli Shore". Hey kid, this is real stuff, people disappear, get wounded, have body parts hacked off, that sort of thing...and the bunch you want to fight for are the muslim brotherhood who at the very best consider you a "useful idiot".

drunkrussian 09-04-2011 08:52 AM

if only our rioters did this instead of rioting here, we wouldve saved 2m in damages and been permanently short a couple douchebags
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jn0128 09-04-2011 07:37 PM

:failed:

Presto 10-06-2011 11:05 AM

Wow... he made it back, and didn't get aerated:
The Daily Bruin :: A Closer Look: Back from Libya

noventa 10-06-2011 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zulutango (Post 7567399)
He thinks he will be starring in the Lybian series called "Tripoli Shore". Hey kid, this is real stuff, people disappear, get wounded, have body parts hacked off, that sort of thing...and the bunch you want to fight for are the muslim brotherhood who at the very best consider you a "useful idiot".

The following is quoted from The Daily Bruin which was posted by Presto.

"His life points to a talent for assimilation and a desire for bold experiences. The winter of his first year in college, Jeon traveled alone to a remote orphanage in Cambodia.

The following summer, he spent two months in the Amazon with an indigenous tribe, hunting piranhas for food.

In January, he and his close friend Ross McCray went to Seattle and stayed for a week with only $1 in their pockets and the plane ticket home. The pair lived on the street and begged for food.

In Libya, he fasted with the soldiers during Ramadan and participated in prayers.

“He thrives on new environments,” said McCray, a third-year mathematics student at UCLA. “Until you’re actually there experiencing it, you’re not going to know what it’s like.”"

ZuluTango, I am aware that you are in some way related to law enforcement. Therefore, I will assume that you have seen much of the "real world". Having said that, I will still stand by the statement that "this kid" may have a better idea of what "the real world" is than perhaps even yourself.

edit: sorry for being overly harsh. I forgot that user ZuluTango made his post before the one with Daily Bruin update.

Razor Ramon HG 10-06-2011 04:52 PM

Just because he did something that none of us here would've done, doesn't make him a bad person nor does it make him an idiot. Everyone has their owns reasons.

Halfpast 10-06-2011 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noventa (Post 7604041)
The following is quoted from The Daily Bruin which was posted by Presto.

"His life points to a talent for assimilation and a desire for bold experiences. The winter of his first year in college, Jeon traveled alone to a remote orphanage in Cambodia.

The following summer, he spent two months in the Amazon with an indigenous tribe, hunting piranhas for food.

In January, he and his close friend Ross McCray went to Seattle and stayed for a week with only $1 in their pockets and the plane ticket home. The pair lived on the street and begged for food.

In Libya, he fasted with the soldiers during Ramadan and participated in prayers.

“He thrives on new environments,” said McCray, a third-year mathematics student at UCLA. “Until you’re actually there experiencing it, you’re not going to know what it’s like.”"

ZuluTango, I am aware that you are in some way related to law enforcement. Therefore, I will assume that you have seen much of the "real world". Having said that, I will still stand by the statement that "this kid" may have a better idea of what "the real world" is than perhaps even yourself.

Power of the media. This article casts him in a completely different light, and I doubt Zulutango knew all this about him when he made that comment a month ago.

I didn't think much of him either when I first heard him on the news sounding like a happy-go-lucky kid wanting to "experience" something new. The fact that he's traveled to a remote orphanage in Cambodia AND spent two whole months in the Amazon with an indigenous tribe really puts his trip to Libya in a different perspective.

noventa 10-06-2011 09:48 PM

^you are correct.

Sorry about that ZuluTango. I reread that article and I would totally agree with your comments if all our info was based off that first article. Sorry


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