Western Tourists Arrested, Face Two Years in Bali Jail for Nail Salon Altercation

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Remember the international incident surrounding Michael Fay? In 1994, Fay, an American citizen attending boarding school in Singapore, went on a 10-day vandalism spree, stealing road signs, spray painting and vandalizing 18 cars that did not belong to him, and generally acting as though he could do no wrong. In that, he was wrong. Fay was arrested and tried under Singapore's Vandalism Act. The Singaporean authorities threw the book at him, and Fay received the sentence of six lashes with a cane. The entire documented affair was not pretty and reportedly scarred Fay for quite some time. Despite the hue and cry from Fay's parents, American diplomats, and the legacy media, Singapore carried out their punishment against him, as was their right. It was a stark lesson for Fay and others that jurisprudence is different in an Asian country, and if they are determined to make you an example, no amount of diplomacy, money, or privilege is going to help you skirt it.

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Nearly thirty years later, history seems to be repeating itself. Thanks to the West's infection with CRT and DEI, we have an entire generation of Michael Fays. Just as it did not end well for Fay, this incident gives insight that it will not go well for this generation. Two unfortunate souls, who probably do not have the money or connections that Fay had, are becoming a cautionary tale. All because they did not bother to recognize they were guests in a foreign land and failed to check themselves.

You know the rest.

Two women are facing two years in jail for allegedly attacking nail salon staff in Bali.

The women, identified by local media as Andrea CW, 37, from London, and Chansler A, 37, from New York, were recently arrested when trying to board a flight to Thailand.

It’s been alleged the pair, who were on holiday on the popular island, assaulted staff of the Ombre Nail Salon in Kerobokan over a misunderstanding about payment.

According to local publication, Coconuts, police said the women had gone to the salon for a body treatment but did not have enough money to pay for it. They then allegedly became angry when the staff tried to charge them for the service.

The women were taken to the Badung Police Station for questioning.

“We are still investigating the case,” Badung Police spokesman Jansen Aviatus Panjaitan said in a statement issued this week.

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The women were arrested on December 16 when they attempted to abscond the island after the incident at Ombre Nail Salon. The women had originally scheduled to stay until December 22 but decided a quick exit was in order. Guilty, much? Andrea CW and Chansler A masked up and put on hats in an attempt to shield themselves from cameras, then tried to board a flight to Thailand at Ngurah Raito International Airport. Because of their attempted disguise and skittish behavior, the women didn't make it past the check-in.

“The two perpetrators entered the immigration area and queued at the counter at around 5.30pm,” Ngurah Rai Immigration officer Gilang Danurdara said.

“They looked suspicious because they were wearing hats and masks. There was an attempt to deceive.”

According to The Daily Mail, immigration officials said they matched the women’s faces to the CCTV video circulating online before handing them to the police.

Andrea CW and Chansler A have been charged with violating Section 1, Article 351 of the Indonesian Penal Code, which condemns “maltreatment" and imposes a maximum prison sentence of two years and eight months. The women are also being charged under Article 335: “forcing others to do something.” This carries a maximum prison sentence of one year. The Balinese authorities had no problem putting them on display, with an armed perp walk for all to see. Perhaps the U.S. and Britain could take some lessons from this.

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I feel for these women. Not because they will be rightly tried for their foolish choices, but because they lived under the delusion fed to them by too many readings of "Eat, Pray, Love" and too much viewing of "Bridget Jones' Diary: The Edge of Reason." They were also deluded that being citizens of Western countries that spoon-feed privilege, entitlement, and outrage gave them the right to disrespect the people and laws of a foreign nation. Laws that are worlds apart from the ones in America and Britain. What is even sadder is that neither of these nations bother to enforce them any longer. So, if you have little regard for the laws of your own country, what's going to stop you from going abroad and doing the same? 

Here endeth the lesson.

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