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Yes, exactly. This guy never left the uk, yet he committed a us crime? If China had this power they could extradite almost every single American who watches por
by mnm1 7y ago
Yes, exactly. This guy never left the uk, yet he committed a us crime? If China had this power they could extradite almost every single American who watches porn. The real fallacy is believing that laws have reason and logic behind them, that they are fair. Once you go down that path, you're done for. Once you realize that laws have no logic and their enforcement even less, you realize most criminals, like the one convicted in this story, just happen to be unlucky. Whether they actually harmed society is irrelevant and usually unknown. This is a perfect example of that. The machine that goes by the name "justice" is anything but and will chew out and spit anyone who gets in its way, regardless of facts, what happened, or even laws. The only sane thing is to stay out of its way, but once caught within, nothing matters.
Clearly, this sets an expectation that if you live in a country with extradition treaties with the US, you better be rich enough to afford a US lawyer or smart enough to understand all of its countless number of laws on every level. In other words, you just need to do something impossible. Surely that shouldn't be a problem should it?
- Mirioron 7y ago>This guy never left the uk, yet he committed a us crime? If China had this power they could extradite almost every single American who watches porn. Extradition usually requires it to be a crime in both countries. Ironically, due to obscenity laws, it might actually be possible to do it over porn in some edge cases. >Clearly, this sets an expectation that if you live in a country with extradition treaties with the US, you better be rich enough to afford a US lawyer or smart enough to understand all of its countless number of laws on every level. Unfortunately, this isn't even new. The case of Kim Dotcom shows just how ridiculously far US "law enforcement" can go at the behest of organizations such as MPAA/RIAA.