Seems like the US want to abuse extradition here. If he's guilty of copyright infringement, then they should be able to get him in NZ. Extradition should only be for cases where someone is physically present in a country where they commit a crime then later skip the country to avoid being caught.
It shouldn't be for moving ones and zeros, but imagine this:
I figure out a way to shield a bomb from scanners and then mail a bomb to a hospital in the states. I kill hundreds. Would it not be reasonable for treaties to come in here?
I cannot think of a situation in which extradition of own national or citizen is justifiable. If a Ruritarian citizen sends a bomb from Ruritania to Poronia, Ruritarian authorities should jail him in a Ruritarian prison after a trial in Ruritarian court. Poronian authorities should at most assist the Ruritarian prosecutor.
When it comes to citizens of other countries just temporary residing in Ruritania, it may be more appropriate (cheaper, "not our problem") to just send them back, guilty or not, to be decided by a justice system in their own country. Preferably, after evaluating if there is a reasonable expectation of a fair trial.
Releasing them to some third party (in this case, a German citizen to US authorities) sounds absolutely awful to me. Barbaric from the perspective of the person being sent away, and servile from the perspective of sovereign people.
So you're implying that Ruritarian law includes explicitly laws against bombing foreign lands? How else do they try and lock him up? For the act of abusing the mail or the act of creating the bomb? I don't see how they can try him for the bombing itself -- it's not their country, not their jurisdiction.
I believe that jurisdiction matters, and where a crime is committed is jurisdiction.
I don't understand the jurisdiction grounds that Ruritaria would have on crimes committed in other countries.
If I were Poronian and a Ruritarian bombed my country and his government shielded him from Poronian justice -- I would call on my government to get his head. He gets tried in Poronian courts or he gets tried by Poronian missiles. But you don't get to commit a crime in Poronia and avoid the legal repercussions...
That's not "American" sentiment as much as it is a "Top Player" sentiment...
You're blaming a state for doing something you're own state would gladly do itself if it were able to (if it had the same platform).
If America lost the war of independence, then that wiki article would be called "British exceptionalism". And in another history, "Russian exceptionalism", or "Chineese exceptionalism", etc.
The country level game has always been about competition rather than sharing... Where the benefits are imported, and pain is exported. It all comes down to human nature.
The people don't need to buy into it though. I definitely don't and wouldn't. I expect fairness and don't abuse others in weaker positions than mine, not so hard on the individual scale.
So basically "it's all right because they'd do the same" simply doesn't cut it.
On an individual scale, you have to ask were your goodness is really coming from / what is it that allows it.
Do you like the big house you live in, electricity 24h/day, the plethora of food you can buy, the nice cars you drive, the crime-free white areas you can live in (or move into), having access and freedom to discuss issues such as this?
It all came out from competition, not personal niceness.
Not only that, but your "fairness" attitude is a product of all this. Without which you're life, and ideas about who you are, would be drastically different.
The rest of the world is a bad place (http://www.vice.com/the-vice-guide-to-travel/the-vice-guide-...), and everyone is in competition... Some people compete by being nice, others by accumulating wealth, some choose to impose their wills on others, etc. It's all the same, ego.
If you're interested, you don't have to go far in Buddhism to discover that all action is egotistical.
If you want to be truly fair, then drop out of this game called society; stop doing, and start being with silence and compassion.
If you love fairness, you should look into Marxist Communism.
Though it never quite works out the way you want it to...
Something about one bad (corrupt, not fair) apple spoiling the rest!
It's just an example, but the point is, human nature seems to always mess it up in the end for the fairness crowds. They just don't seem to be the right product/market fit for humans and their societies.
> Thing is, we can afford to be fair.
Yes you can! All thanks to the competition system that allows you to do so.
> It doesn't matter.
You can't separate the lives and actions of an individual and the society he/she is part of... They are related and integrated (for the most part). For the well-adjusted individuals, to the contrarians, the corrupt, the fair, and even for the rejects.
> Extradition should only be for cases where someone is physically present in a country where they commit a crime then later skip the country to avoid being caught.
Not talking about MU or anyone/anything else in particular, but...
If you run a criminal enterprise that does the majority of its business in the US, and you live overseas you can (and should be) subjugated to US laws.
Even for non-criminal enterprises, you don't get to play around with another country, breaking its laws. Why should a criminal enterprise be treated differently?
>If you run a criminal enterprise that does the majority of its business in the US, and you live overseas you can (and should be) subjugated to US laws.
>Even for non-criminal enterprises, you don't get to play around with another country, breaking its laws. Why should a criminal enterprise be treated differently?
Yes, I'm sure a lot of Iraqis would love to see American soldiers who killed/tortured their civilians judged in their own country. I have a feeling that you might change your tune on this one though... ;)
So millions of American women can be extradited to certain Arab nations because they've posted photos online of themselves without their heads covered, contrary to the local law.
By doing it on the internet, they are "exposing" themselves to millions of people where that is illegal, and therefore should be extradited for it.
Even the passport photo of millions of American women is illegal in certain countries... seeings that's an international document, surely they've broken the law in those countries, no?
I don't see the similarity of a person posting pictures of self on facebook, and a criminal enterprise knowingly and willfully generating revenue through copyright crimes.
Really, I don't. Even if you ignore that some countries have extradition treaties which spell out exactly at what level this can happen (btw, US and Iran don't).
But if you love analogies, I'm sure I can come up with one even more ridiculous, that would show my case.
In some countries showing skin is illegal, just like in some countries posting a service that can be used for piracy is illegal, the analogy is correct - excepting the lack of extradition agreements.
