In message <5bdVj.150401$qg2.109090@fe08.news.easynews.com>, Palindrome
writes
>Mike_B wrote:
>> In message , Dr Zoidberg
>> writes
>>> "Cub Reporter" wrote in message
>>>news:ifg924589lgkranqctfa3o92eu9ptfdrhq@4ax.com...
>>>> ...but OK at home. Regardless of the laws and customs of the foreign
>>>> country (and whether you took the 16-year-old with you presumably).
>>>>
>>>> News article:
>>>> =========================================
>>>> We will now be able to prosecute UK nationals here for a .ual
>>>> offence committed against a child anywhere in the world, so long as
>>>> the act committed would be a relevant offence in this country. We have
>>>> also raised the age of a child for these purposes from 16 to 18.
>>>
>>> Yes?
>>>
>>> What's the problem?
>>>
>>> Lots of things are illegal in some countries and not others so it's
>>>common sense that the local laws should apply.
>>>
>>> If it's illegal to have . with a 16 year old in that country then
>>>you could be prosecuted for doing so.
>>> If it's not illegal then you haven't done anything wrong.
>>>
>> It is common sense that local laws should apply locally. Not that
>>foreign laws should be enforceable here for an action which isn't an
>>offence here.
>>
>
>I don't think that you will find many people that agree that foreigners
>should be able to come here, break laws but escape punishment - simply
>by returning home to a country which doesn't have such laws.
>
Really? So tell me, next time my partner of 14 years and I go to visit
friends in Bahrain and have . in our hotel room, when we get back
should we hand ourselves in to the police and should we be prosecuted
here in the UK for breaking Bahrain law?
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Mike_B |