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A salient reminder not to think that your privilege travels with you. When I was a kid (here in the UK), we had a news article of a young guy who'd been caught spray painting a wall in Singapore. He was sentenced to local punishment, negotiated down with heavy political pressure to just 10 lashes on the back with a stick.
As commemorated by Weird Al in "Headline News”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU95v23MQ4c
Oh wow. I'd missed this Weird Al video, but the spanked bottom guy was definitely the one i'm remembering. Also, this one video captures so many points that me and my pals laughed at, back in the day.