text: The case of Ms. Lindhout and Joshua Boyle and his wife are similar in as much as a rational person might question what they were thinking in doing what they did. There are a lot of places to avoid in this world, and Somalia, Taliban controlled Afghanistan and North Korea are all tied for first place.When you go out of your way to put your self in harm's way, when it surely must have been known that you were putting yourself in a tremendously dangerous position, places the sole responsibility on yourself and not government. People are free to criticize government, and governments to their credit, remain relatively silent on the foolish actions of people. However what happened to Ms. Lindhout and Boyle and his family, have zero to do with our government.