"Palindrome" wrote in message
news:gEdVj.176385$XH2.71283@fe03.news.easynews.com...
> Mike_B wrote:
>> In message <5bdVj.150401$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:
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>>>>>> 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.
>>>>
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>>> 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.
>>>
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>> 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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> If you have that little respect for Bahrain's laws - then don't go there.
> Or go there with a Diplomatic Immunity and/or an army and/or as part of an
> emergency relief effort under the auspices of an organisation that has
> demanded that its staff will not be subject to local laws.
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