How Not to Get Arrested When You're Abroad: A Foxy Knoxy-Inspired Guide (Gawker)

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... Do Not Use Drugs ... Even if you're careful and know the rules, being in an altered state of mind reads differently abroad. Some attribute Amanda Knox's bizarre interactions with Italian police to being stoned ... I can't think of any reason to turn cartwheels during cop questioning other than being stoned, so I'm going to assume that's what happened here ...

Know that Pranks Are Always Lost in Translation Four American military brats on Tokyo's Yokota Air Base were arrested this weekend for the attempted murder of a woman whose motorbike hit a trip line strung across a road. In a nation where base-related crime is a "delicate issue" — and where "boys will be boys" was a most unwelcome strain of discourse when three servicemen raped a schoolgirl in 1995 — a bunch of American kids nearly killing someone won't be taken lightly ...

Don't Start Shit ... This .. American .. spent three grueling weeks in a Japanese prison .. following a drunken altercation with a cabbie ... I .. noticed that he didn't have his .. navigation system switched on so I .. called him a f*cking idiot .. in Japanese .. as I .. started pushing the buttons .... I decided .. to stop him from calling the cops and .. grabbed the phone from him ... The next day .. I decided to go to the cops and .. found out that the driver had told them a very different story. ... In Japan it turns out that you are 100% guilty until proven otherwise and I .. went to the cops without having thought through the .. outcomes ... He was interrogated repeatedly. His lawyer spoke no English ... Point being: Don't start shit ...

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