Kat said:
SNIP
> My suggestion would be that American based corporations be forced to
> follow American law even when they're operating in other countries.
> Obviously that won't work all the way- the minimum wage, for example- but
> there are a *lot* of laws that I can't see *any* problem with enforcing
> elsewhere. Child labor laws, regulations on the length of the working
> day, environmental protection standards... these are not optional, they
> are moral imperitives that everyone, *everyone*, EVERYONE, should have to
> follow, no matter what sort of profit they have to sacrifice. And no
> matter what the local laws may be.
Agreed 100%
France recently introduced such a law in relation to paedophilia and has
prosecuted and jailed at least one French citizen for activities undertaken
whilst on holiday in Thailand.
Bob.
