As an adult, Otto Warmbier bears most of the blame for the misfortune that befell him and his family.  But that's not to say his circle of friends, fellow parishioners and schoolmates back home should hang their heads high.  I'm personally disgusted that anybody would in essence bribe someone to risk indefinite incarceration in North Korea just to bring home a sample of North Korean political frippery.

The question no one has answered to my satisfaction is whether Warmbier firmly committed to going to North Korea before these "incentives" were presented to him.  I suspect not, if indeed his family was "suffering from very severe financial difficulties" at the time.

I don't think it should be regarded as okay to use vulnerable people to do or get something that I don't have the guts to do or get myself.