IMO, if you go to a place of your own free will, knowing the risks and against Gov't advice ie on the FCO dodgy countries list and get in the 'Poo' then I wouldn't consider it a right to get help at all from your respective goverment. If the respective goverment then bails you out if requested, repatriates you and sends you a bloody great bill for it, then Tough! pay it as you'll deserve it!
I heard of three US students trekking (yes TREKKING!) on the border between Kurdistan (which is Iraq no matter how you look at it!) and Iran. As broadcast by the BBC world service this morning they've been in jail for nearly a year by the Iranians for illegally crossing the border. They were there to 'learn about the Middle East' well..... they're learning now! C'mon kids smarten up please!
I answered an advice request for motorcylce adventurers a month or so ago about coming to Kurdistan (Yep, still Iraq!) as they heard it's beautiful there. It is I can assure you but I pleaded with them NOT to come. If they did and get shot, jailed, kidnapped or some other bad thing then my sympathy bowl wouldn't be overflowing.

I've travelled quite a lot through many dodgy places, been arrested on BS charges, had a kidnap attempt, shot at, robbed and beaten but have always had the realisation that it's my own risk and have never expected to be 'rescued' but if I were and got a bill on my return home, then it's my bill to pay! No grumbles and no gripes. It's all about considering the risks, sometimes you lose and hopefully just money!

I'm sure the French goverment have had enough of their citizens getting into trouble in whatever form and them having to get them back. Some people IMO need to take more responsibilty in their actions and if Britain did the same with charges then I'd have to agree.

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Geoffshing

'Security is a product of one's own imagination, it does not exist in nature as a rule, life is either a daring adventure or nothing.'