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> So now by having a blog, I’m under the jurisdiction of 200 countries and countless other small jurisdictions? Guess what? You already are. For example, if yo
by buckminster 8y ago
> So now by having a blog, I’m under the jurisdiction of 200 countries and countless other small jurisdictions?
Guess what? You already are. For example, if you insult the Thai king on your blog and you visit Thailand you can be prosecuted. This has happened.
Of course, you can't be extradited for this. But if you are a notorious online controversialist you should be careful where you travel.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoThere’s a difference between actually being under the jurisdiction of a government and them claiming that you are. My contention here is with so many people claiming that I should care as a matter of morality or something. That the EU’s claim here is right and just. Under that logic, so is Thailand’s. Is that really the world we want? Obviously if the EU has some enforcement mechanism, I should be cautious, even if they’re in the wrong (like Thailand). But they don’t have any actual enforcement mechanism, so this just seems irrelevant to me.