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> "This is the flip side of the "global citizenship" bullshit people like to prattle on about" Occasionally, there will be a poll of non-US citizens regarding
by lotharbot 13y ago
> "This is the flip side of the "global citizenship" bullshit people like to prattle on about"
Occasionally, there will be a poll of non-US citizens regarding who they would prefer to win a US political election. My response is always "you vote in your elections, I'll vote in mine. Your government can send ambassadors and diplomats to speak with mine."
It doesn't even have to be other countries. Residents of Texas and California can have fairly different ideas of how to act.
- rayiner 13y agoIn that vein, people deride the U.S. for not participating in international criminal courts, and my response is a heartfelt: "thank god." For all its flaws, I'd rather only be subject to prosecution by the U.S. government, than some international entity influenced by all the countries (the vast majority of which are terrible.)
- valdiorn 13y agoThe funny (sad?) thing is that the rest of the world is terrified of the US government abducting them or extraditing them with political pressure for trumped up charges of terrorism or copyright infringement. Those people plea for help from the international courts you seem to hate. Examples: Julian Assange, Richard O'Dwyer, everyone in Guantanamo Bay. Edit: forgot Marc Emery, on drug charges.