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res@colnet.cmhnet.org (Rob Stampfli) writes:
>>Actually, it IS a crime to transport drugs anywhere in the world.  There
>>is NO country that has made it legal.
>
>Try the United States -- specifically, the 21st amendment to the United States
>Constitution, which expressly makes it legal to manufacture, transport, and
>sell intoxicating liquors in the US, except as restricted by state law. 
>Suppose a ship carrying Kentucky's finest bound for Europe (with the newly
>relaxed trade tariffs) were seized on the high seas by a Middle Eastern
>nation wherein consumption of alcohol was strictly verbotem.  Now, further
>suppose the ship's crew were taken back to that nation, tried, found guilty,
>and sentenced to be jailed for life.
>
>Is this justice?
>
>How is this tangibly different from the scenerio that has been previously
>reported here?

The government under which the ship was flying a flag does not
have an amendment to its constitution legalizing cocaine or the
distribution of cocaine, for one thing.  For another, the boat
in your utterly specious example is heading towards Europe, not
a Middle Eastern nation.

If you will recall from the initial posting, the smugglers in
question were bound for Canada with illegal cargo [no matter who
you ask] and were known by all sorts of law enforcement officials
to be in the act of preparing for a crime.

I'm sure the U.S. could have called the Canadians up and had them
go through the trouble of getting a boat out and making the arrest,
but if they're on the scene, why bother?  Why not make a friendly
gesture towards our similar-minded brother nation?

Civil rights have their place.  But if you walk up to my neighbor's
house with a rocket launcher, aim it, load it, and point it at his
front door -- no matter whether you're on public property or not,
and no matter whether I'm the party that would get injured, don't
you think it's a good idea for me to try to put a stop to you?

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