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fs111 · 2017-02-06 10:33:25

Newsflash: There are more countries than the US of A and your laws do not apply here.

DanBC | karma 56529 | avg karma 2.13 · | 2018-05-18 12:08:53+00:00

You make it sound like US laws don't extend outside the US. Many of them do.

joesmo | karma 2245 | avg karma 1.68 · | 2015-10-28 23:51:28

It's simple: Since you're not in the US, US law doesn't apply to you.

dhughes | karma 1160 | avg karma 1.34 · | 2012-06-19 21:52:27+00:00

Not every country has the same laws as every other country.

noagendamarket | karma 53 | avg karma 1.47 · | 2011-04-25 03:03:46+00:00

This is US only. Your laws dont apply to the rest of the world even though you like to think they do.

joelthelion | karma 3754 | avg karma 3.59 · | 2016-10-14 17:24:45+00:00

Not to mention that the US has no business applying its laws all over the world.

aminok | karma 402 | avg karma 0.75 · | 2016-05-29 00:50:28+00:00

US law is not applicable in some countries, because they maintain independence from the US legal system.

nullfield | karma 219 | avg karma 1.02 · | 2023-08-14 22:32:22

The problem, loosely, is that the US claims that the rules don’t apply to it.

Not a citizen of the US? No problem-actually, all the better since it doesn’t have to follow “…”.

The US pretends that its law extends and applies everywhere when it says so, damn the rules or consequences.

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mattstreet | karma 363 | avg karma 2.42 · | 2013-07-13 02:57:14

He isn't an American. Not all countries have the same laws.

ivanca | karma 916 | avg karma 1.44 · | 2014-10-12 19:38:11+00:00

That's correct. Despite what most people believe, US laws don't apply outside the US.

ceejayoz | karma 74610 | avg karma 3.33 · | 2011-11-08 16:55:37

Do note that those laws don't apply to the entire world.

wirelessest | karma 105 | avg karma 3.09 · | 2017-11-09 14:42:40+00:00

Not all Americans agree, but your laws only apply to your country.

tyho | karma 1364 | avg karma 4.61 · | 2015-05-01 14:50:53

Says the USA, thankfully the author is not based there. That being said, the USA does seem to think many of its laws apply all over the globe.

krono | karma 3441 | avg karma 4.16 · | 2022-10-31 16:16:22

US Court rulings do not automatically apply worldwide, and not everything it would apply to exists within its jurisdiction.

BurningFrog | karma 23526 | avg karma 2.88 · | 2020-12-06 01:46:13+00:00

Consider that there are many other countries than the US, where laws are often oppressive and should be broken.

KorematsuFred | karma 516 | avg karma 1.01 · | 2019-04-12 01:24:16+00:00

American law can not apply to non-Americans abroad.

Kiro | karma 10888 | avg karma 1.51 · | 2015-09-07 10:57:14+00:00

Because US law doesn't apply to other countries.

lnls | karma 5 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2018-08-23 12:08:26+00:00

The US doesn't really have a working legal system for things happening outside its borders. In fact as a non US citizen outside the US you don't have much protection at all.

ekianjo | karma 34827 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2016-01-31 00:50:59+00:00

The american law is not applicable in non US territories.

fomine3 | karma 4883 | avg karma 0.96 · | 2020-04-24 00:21:21

Applying US law for the rest of the countries is another problem.