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He actually tried to quit after they blindfolded him and moved him to South Korea, but producers just argued with him until he gave up. (This is a guy who is ma

He actually tried to quit after they blindfolded him and moved him to South Korea, but producers just argued with him until he gave up. (This is a guy who is malnourished and starting to feel the psychological affects of isolation, he probably wasn't the hardest person to bend to the producers' will.) He could have ignored them, stumbled naked into the streets of a foreign country and tried to beg for help, maybe using some form of pantomime. Not literal locks and chains, but in the beginning, he probably didn't know what to expect, and by the end of the series, there was some strong psychological pressure keeping him there.

JoeAltmaier 12y ago
And still it was his choice. Hard to ignore the strong enticement of fame and fortune (whether he was right about that or not).
- pavel_lishin 12y ago
  And Stockholm Syndrome victims just get kidnapped by people who turn out to be right after all.
  - JoeAltmaier 12y ago
    That's a straw man. He's been interviewed, has he made any claims of being brainwashed? No in fact he continues to pursue the limelight.
- domas 12y ago
  He had no idea that he was famous during this experiment/torture/show. Before starting he was told that "it might be shown on TV".
keithpeter 12y ago
"He could have ignored them, stumbled naked into the streets of a foreign country and tried to beg for help, maybe using some form of pantomime." Leading, no doubt, to arrest, the summoning of an interpreter, and the extreme embarrassment if not prosecution of the producer or representative in SK of the show. Seriously everyone: he must have gone through passport control in two countries to get to SK. I doubt if they let passengers through unclothed.
- hydrogen18 12y ago
  More importantly, there is no way you'd get through any customs or immigration in any country while blindfolded. It simply wouldn't be allowed.
  - lostlogin 12y ago
    Unless rendered. The record of renditions happening has been hard to find, and when found it was strangely damaged, making it useless. The Wikipedia entry specifically mentions being blindfolded in the section titled Reported Methodology. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/09/files-uk-role-cia-rendition-destroyed-diego-garcia-water-damage http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/09/files-uk-role-c... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition

JoeAltmaier 12y ago

And still it was his choice. Hard to ignore the strong enticement of fame and fortune (whether he was right about that or not).

pavel_lishin 12y ago
And Stockholm Syndrome victims just get kidnapped by people who turn out to be right after all.
- JoeAltmaier 12y ago
  That's a straw man. He's been interviewed, has he made any claims of being brainwashed? No in fact he continues to pursue the limelight.
domas 12y ago
He had no idea that he was famous during this experiment/torture/show. Before starting he was told that "it might be shown on TV".

keithpeter 12y ago

"He could have ignored them, stumbled naked into the streets of a foreign country and tried to beg for help, maybe using some form of pantomime." Leading, no doubt, to arrest, the summoning of an interpreter, and the extreme embarrassment if not prosecution of the producer or representative in SK of the show. Seriously everyone: he must have gone through passport control in two countries to get to SK. I doubt if they let passengers through unclothed.

hydrogen18 12y ago
More importantly, there is no way you'd get through any customs or immigration in any country while blindfolded. It simply wouldn't be allowed.
- lostlogin 12y ago
  Unless rendered. The record of renditions happening has been hard to find, and when found it was strangely damaged, making it useless. The Wikipedia entry specifically mentions being blindfolded in the section titled Reported Methodology. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/09/files-uk-role-cia-rendition-destroyed-diego-garcia-water-damage http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/09/files-uk-role-c... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition