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Started by Thurnez Isa, December 29, 2006, 04:11:55 PM

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This reminds me of a big controversy that we had in Cincinnati a while back.  Some high school students went to Germany for a field trip or foreign exchange program or something and got drunk.  The school had a policy against underage drinking that was enforced for all school-sanctioned events, and wanted to expel the students.  Some people said that the policy shouldn't apply because the students could legally drink in Germany.

Since, y'know, underage sex and underage drinking are such similar things.



As regards the case itself:
The conviction was for possessing child pornography, not having underage sex.  So to be sentenced as having sex with minors without being convicted of having sex with minors seems dubious from a civil rights standpoint.  And in defence of humanity, the judge hasn't dropped charges or anything.
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

It's a vastly different situation, actually; the teenagers were not consular officers, for one thing, and they themselves were the underage parties, for another. The responsible party would be the server, in this case, or possibly their chaperone, and it's not illegal for the server to have served them.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


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Thurnez Isa

       http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/06/2008630173538122871.html


QuoteNews Americas
US 'escalates covert Iran missions'

US congressional leaders have agreed to a presidential request for up to $400 million in funding for covert operations against Iran, according to a report in the New Yorker magazine.

Previous cross-border operations have included the capture of Iranian security officers and the backing of anti-Tehran armed groups, said the report by Seymour Hersh, the investigative reporter.

The operations have been taking place since last year, the article said.

Bush's request, made through a Presidential Finding document, was approved by US congressional leaders, including Democrats, late last year, the report said.

Cross-border US operations against Iran include seizing members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and taking them across the border to Iraq for interrogation, the report said.

But the scale and the scope of the operations in Iran, which include the CIA, have now been significantly expanded, the New Yorker said, citing current and former officials.

Armed Sunni groups

The operations also include providing support to armed Sunni Muslim groups opposed to the Iranian government, which is Shia.

Among groups inside Iran benefiting from US support is the Jundallah, also known as the Iranian People's Resistance Movement, according to Robert Baer, a former CIA officer cited by the article.

Vali Nasr, an Iran analyst, told Hersh that the group was a vicious organisation suspected of links to al-Qaeda.

The article said US support for the dissident groups could prompt a violent crackdown by Iran, which could give the Bush administration a reason to intervene.

US denial

Ryan Crocker, the US amabassador to Iraq, told the CNN news channel that he had not read the article, but denied the allegations of cross-border operations.

"I'll tell you flatly that US forces are not operating across the Iraqi border into Iran, in the south or anywhere else," he said in an interview from Baghdad on Sunday.

Hersh has written previously about possible administration plans to go to war to stop Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

An April 2006 article in the New Yorker that suggested "regime change" in Iran, whether by diplomatic or military means, was Bush's ultimate goal.

Iran maintains that its nuclear activities are for peaceful energy purposes only.

Election battle

Hersh told Al Jazeera that he believed the US was planning for a possible strike against Iran, something that was being pushed by Bush and Dick Cheney.

"The president and the vice-president truly believe that the Iranians have [nuclear]bombs or will have them soon, no matter what their own intelligence says."

In December, a joint report by US intelligence agencies found that Iran was less determined to develop nuclear weapons than was previously thought.

Hersh said he also believed a strike was more likely if Barack Obama, the US Democratic presidential candidate, became favourite to win November's presidential poll.

Howeever Hersh said he thought that Bush and Cheney believed their policies would be safe in the hands of John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate.
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Thurnez Isa

http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=85129564-65f3-425e-9403-1cf2000338d0&k=64324

Pope to apologize for abuse scandal

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE -- Pope Benedict told a news conference yesterday he will apologize for a sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church in Australia, saying pedophilia was "incompatible" with being a priest. The Pope is to attend World Youth Day in Sydne
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AFK

Barenaked Lady arrested for Cocaine possession:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25706230/

QuotePage, 38, of Toronto, was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison, Manlius police Capt. Bill Bleyle said Wednesday.

The arrest comes as the band, known for its clean image and cross-generational appeal, recently released a new album for children titled, "Snacktime," a collection of two dozen original children's songs.

Yeah "Snacktime" indeed. 
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


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Quote from: Nigel on July 10, 2008, 09:33:07 PM
Dude, by that guy's logic (this is OK in their culture of origin, therefore it's OK for me while I'm there) it's also OK to have sex with 8-year-old boys in Thailand.

Slippery slope, ya know?

My thought is that if he wants to do things that are acceptable in the Congo but not in his own culture of origin, he should go right ahead and emigrate. Once he's a citizen of the Congo, he can fully enjoy the benefits of that culture.


So you're saying that the morality of individuals should be based on their passport?

It seems to me, that an individual is free to do whatever they want. If society has passed some law against it, then he might have to deal with the consequences of the act. If society has placed a taboo on the act (such as this one), then he might have to deal with being seen as a pariah and maybe lose his job.

If I go to Amsterdam and smoke a joint, American courts should not be able to try me for breaking the law. The law is not tied to where I'm from, but rather, where I am. As much as this guy may be an asshole, weirdo, freak... I don't think he should be tried here for something he did elsewhere. HOWEVER, in this case, he videotaped the acts and brought the videos back here. THAT is illegal and I think he should be fully prosecuted for it.
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