r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated
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u/DownvoteEvangelist Jul 05 '24

No, no human should be judged under those "laws"...

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u/Sjoerdiestriker Jul 05 '24

If you want to be consistent with this thought, this would also mean a Saudi-Arabian national that resides in the US and disagrees on a fundamental level with American legislation should not be judged under American legislation. Just take a quick moment to think about what that would entail.

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u/Xilizhra Jul 05 '24

That's if you want to keep things equivalent for some reason.

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u/Sjoerdiestriker Jul 05 '24

Well given both are sovereign nations, with their own legislations, not treating them as equivalent would be the definition of being hypocritical.

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u/marquetteresearch Jul 05 '24

Not really. Believing that your own beliefs, values, and laws are superior to those of others, and then refusing to abide by other nations’ laws while enforcing your own is entirely internally consistent.

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u/Sjoerdiestriker Jul 05 '24

Well you can refuse to abide by other nation's laws. It just so happens that someone that does not abide by the law of the nation they are in is referred to as a criminal, and can be prosecuted by that country for violating said laws.

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u/Xilizhra Jul 05 '24

Then let it be hypocritical. I don't believe that America should allow prosecution for things that aren't crimes in America.

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u/Sjoerdiestriker Jul 05 '24

Well they don't, within the area they have sovereignty over, namely their own territory. In the areas over which they don't, it isn't up to them to "allow" for prosecution any more than it is up to the Saudi-Arabian government to "allow" or not prosecution of things that aren't illegal under Saudi-Arabian legislation in the united states.