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Extradition of Warez Suspect Blocked
An anonymous reader writes "Following up on an earlier Slashdot story, the extradition of alleged DrinkorDie leader Hew Raymond Griffiths has been denied. The judge in the case ruled that Griffiths, an Australian who had never set foot in the United States, had committed the alleged actions in Australia and had never fled from an extradition country. Therefore, the US hadn't made its case. Griffiths' attorney points out that he should have faced trial in Australia if anywhere, but .au authorities never charged him, which upset the DOJ and led to the extradition attempt. More info can also be found. The US (represented by Australian prosecutors) have fifteen days to appeal. One wonders how the US government would react if a foreign nation tried a similar approach."
This is not funny. I am sick and tired of people making jokes about Australian people being convicts. How would Americans or Brits feel about being forced to submit to a constant slew of jokes about being slaveowners?
It's time to put the past behind us. If anyone wants to read a well written and informative book about Australia's history, I recommend Robert Hughes' classic The Fatal Shore
whilst the incident is shocking, and the US response deplorable, to question whether it was an accident is daft
Why? Because the US (and Australia) signed a UNITED NATIONS TREATY that said they would.
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The Treaty (PDF)
>>Don't forget the thousands of civilians who died in Iraq.
Which thousands?
Since we were talking about the US's illegal war, obviously the men,women and children killed there.
The hundreds of thousands under Saddam, or the thousands while we were removing him?
Over more than 20 years - IF you opposed him (if you shut up and get on with your life he didn't care). So if you do the math more people were killed because of the than were likely to be killed by him. So if he had been deposed by peacefull means less people would probably have died.
Of course human rights violations are awfull, regardless of it happens in Iraq or the USA.
If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating
So, the US is just a treatybreaker and not a lawbreaker then. Not much difference imho. The message iraq sent to the world was loud and clear: "We are the US, and we do what we want, when we want, and there's nothing you can do about it." Just in case we hadn't "gotten" it with the flipflopping on all the other treaties. That's the major reason people outside the US fear the US, it has zero respect for other nations.
but passing a Constitutional Amendment to marginalize gays!
The rest of your post is very insightful, but you're way off base here.
The stability of (real) marriage and the family unit is crucial to the stability and morality of this country.
This proposed amendment is not about gay bashing (or "marginalization"). They're free to practice their evil behind closed doors; their actions revolt me, but as a small-'l' libertarian I don't support outlawing such behavior.
What this amendment *is* about is protecting the country by protecting one of the foundations upon which we're built -- stable, normal, productive, moral relationships. The benefits that go along with marriage are for those who contribute toward a healthy society -- not those who would destroy it with immoral behavior.
We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked.