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Australian Extradited For Breaking US Law At Home
An anonymous reader sends us a link to a report in The Age about an Australian resident, who had never set foot in the US and broke US intellectual-property laws in Australia, being extradited to the US to face trial. Hew Raymond Griffiths pleaded guilty in Virginia to overseeing all aspects of the operation of the group Drink Or Die, which cracked copy-protected software and media products and distributed them for free. He faces up to 10 years in a US jail and half a million dollars in fines.
> The government of Australia, my government, has for years been playing the role of the "little brother" constantly wanting to tag
> along and willing to do anything to please.
Hey, you get in line behind MY government. The UK were putting their citizens at risk by poodling up to Bush before yours! You're not a real poodle until you've had at least 50 civilians killed on your own mainland by religious fanatics, displeased at misguided foreign policy.
Australian government is already known as an US-pet. Nothing is surprising here...it doesn't deserve to be a news at all...
Nah, this isn't about people trying to run away from crimes.The US Attorney General has put it eloquently:
"This extradition represents the (US) Department of Justice's commitment to protect intellectual property rights from those who violate our laws from the other side of the globe," US Assistant Attorney-General Alice Fisher said.
This is all about extending US legislation all over the world because the US can still do it.
You've obviously never been in involved in getting somebody elected to Congress. (Or if you have it was with a in effective party such as a Green or Lib. ) So you have no idea what the fuck you're talking about.
If someone is passing you on the right, you are an asshole for driving in the wrong lane.
You sir, are an idiot. How did this even sore 5, insightful? You all are idiots.
"your own comments about not giving RATS ASS about "muslim sensitivities" and the acts this lack of caring would lead you to being a perfect example of that."
Define "evil". I don't care about Muslim Sensitivities because their view is that you are either Muslim or you are SHIT(Poo, crap, fecal matter). The difference is that while I don't see keeping Pigs (I keep Kosher BTW) is "evil", yet they do. So, is it evil to have pigs, eat ham sandwich on a table next to them, have a seeing eye dog trying to take a taxi, not wear a burkah if you are a female etc.
There is no compromise with these people. It's their way (Isamofacists) or the Highway to Hell (head removed by sword or knife).
Again, is it evil to have pigs in the same cell as muslim terrorists? Depends upon who you ask. It isn't a "lack of caring" because quite frankly, I care a great deal. I care that people like yourself can't see the forest for the trees. You think that they aren't going to push you around given the chance and if you are all "nice" and bend over for them, they'll leave you alone?
"But if you do evil things (such as torture people),"
Again, define torture. Is keeping a muslim in a pig pen "torture"??? I guess it depends upon who you ask, doesn't it?
And so you know, I don't support nor condone "torture", at least my definition of it. But then again, my idea of what is torture may be different from your's . Some people think that locking a person in a cell is "torture" and "cruel" punishment.
Whose definition are we going to use? Mine, yours, the Muslims, the pacifists?
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