Um, Todd ... Check your computer clock and date ... Erika ------------------------------------------------------------
>>| -----Original Message----- >>| From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>| Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 12:25 AM >>| To: CF-Community >>| Subject: Re: Lindh pleads guilty, won't receive life in prison >>| >>| >>| > Suppose some American teenager comes to the Netherlands >>| at the age of >>| > 17. Meets somebody over 18, they have sex. That would be >>| punishable >>| > under US Federal Law if I understand it correctly, so >>| this somebody >>| > would have to be arrested as soon as he/she enters the US. Yet we >>| > explicitly chose to allow this in the Netherlands, for our own >>| > reasons. Or an American citizen came here to work as >>| prostitute (s)he >>| > would be arrested when visiting relatives for Christmas. But >>| > prostitution is also legal here, for reasons of our choosing. >>| > >>| > We choose which rules there are on our territory and if >>| those rules >>| > allow things to be done to or by US citizens that would >>| not be allowed >>| > in the US maybe the US should forbid its citizens to >>| travel here, but >>| > it should not impose its law on our territory. >>| >>| We wouldn't be imposing OUR laws on YOUR territory, we >>| would be imposing OUR laws on OUR citizen. By being a >>| citizen of the U.S., a person promises to abide by the laws >>| of this country. It doesn't matter where that person >>| commits a crime. They are knowingly breaking a law that >>| they promised to abide by. I fail to see how you think >>| that this affects you or your territory in any way or how >>| you think it even has anything to do with you. >>| >>| I'm still confused by your line of reasoning. >>| >>| Todd >>| >>| ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
