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Say a 21 year old Indian goes to London and drinks some whiskey, is it a crime? because, it is a crime in India!
by blackoil 6y ago
Say a 21 year old Indian goes to London and drinks some whiskey, is it a crime? because, it is a crime in India!
- vertis 6y agoOr for that matter an 18 yr old US citizen visiting UK/Australia where the drinking age is different. Or the reverse of Australians using Cannabis while in the US.
- baybal2 6y agoI'd say the meaning of a crime has drifted over centuries. The criteria of a crime has shifted from something very objective, to more casuistics of all kinds. It got from something what would've gotten somebody onto pitchforks upon a first sight, to long and arduous arguing about textual meaning of laws, rather than long, and arduous moral judgement of early Greco-Roman trials
- vinay427 6y agoWhile your points stands, it's not actually a crime in several states in India. Source, unfortunately lacking references in some places: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_laws_of_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_laws_of_India