On Sat, 10 May 2008 14:34:37 GMT, Palindrome wrote:
>It was "a crime anyway". You have escaped the consequences of your
>criminal act by fleeing the country in which it was performed. Which
>cannot be fair or just.
Why stop there? Why allow a person to escape justice simply because
they *committed* the crime in a country that did not regard it as a
crime rather than merely managing to escape to such a country?
If you believe that the UK authorities should convict a person for
committing adultery in a country where that is illegal, why should
they not convict for committing adultery in the UK? After all, it is
surely the act that merits punishment, not the place it was committed.
No, Sue. A government should punish people for what *it* believes is
wrong, not for what some other government believes is wrong.
Would you want to see a black person stand trial in the UK for
breaking a race law in a country that practises discrimination?
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Cynic
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