[Gllug] A few words on the topic of stock spam

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Thu, July 12, 2007 11:59 am, Jason Clifford wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
>
>> > The notion of a particular country's laws being enforceable outside
>> > its own territory is absurd.
>>
>> Is it? So war criminals should come to Britain and only expect action to
>> be taken when an extradition treaty is in force?
>
> The whole point of extradition treaties is to deal with this so that
> people accused of crimes are tried where the crime is supposed to have
> occured rather than being taken elsewhere as it is most convenient to
> ensure they cannot present a defence.
>
> Why should a person accused of committing an offence in the UK be taken to
> the USA and tried there?
>

That's a different question. Does that mean you accept the idea of
extra-territorial jurisdiction is valid? If so, all we are arguing about
is the limits to it, not the principle.

But what if the offence in question was a conspiracy to, say, organise a
military coup in the US?
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