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I think (s)he knows that, the references all apply to Canada.
by ehPReth 13y ago
I think (s)he knows that, the references all apply to Canada.
- sliverstorm 13y agoMarc Emery is Canadian, but imprisoned in the USA. So how could Canada free him?
- dragonwriter 13y agoThere are mechanisms that nation-states have used to free people imprisoned in other nation-states without the cooperation of the imprisoning nation-state -- they frequently, however, have significant repercussions in the relations between the nation-states that make it inadvisable for a less-powerful nation-state to use them against a more-powerful one even if they have the capacity to acheive short-term success.
- vacri 13y agoNeither Canada nor the US are nation-states. That term specifically means a country where the people are pretty ethnically or culturally homogenous.
- dragonwriter 13y agoThe exact level of shared culture necessary to have a "nation" in the sense of "nation-state" is infinitely debatable, but the statement at issue is just true of states generally, so while your point might arguably be true, its not all that relevant.
- vacri 13y agoI didn't mean to counter what you were saying - I was just mentioning that nation-state is not the appropriate term for these entities.
- aroberge 13y agoCanada could make a request for him to serve in sentence back in Canada and could decide to release him early. However, this is not going to happen with a Conservative government in power.
- redthrowaway 13y agoConsidering Harper couldn't be arsed to bring Omar Khadr[1] home, I somehow doubt they'd budge for Emery. That, and, Emery's a gigantic dick who spent years forcing the government to arrest him. He's not exactly a sympathetic character. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khadr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khadr