Mark Emery
Regina Regina:
Yah.......and apparently it's illegal!
But he already knew that. So if you want to play with the bull, you may get the horns.
A canadian citizen has never gone to jail for selling seeds before, the canadian government has knowning forever about what he was doing, and never did anything about it, nore wanted too... The D.E.A should stay outa canada, This is politics, they want him because they are afraid, they are afraid of marijuana... and grrr... one sec, aight peace, gota go ill finish off latter, peace!
Thematic-Device Thematic-Device:
So long as all the extradition paperwork is in order, extradite the pothead. He broke the law in both the US and in Canada, and if he didn't want extradition then he would have refrained from doing business in the states.
The USA should not be able to extradite a Canadian for pursuing an enterprise that is legal in Canada but illicit in the USA. Were this an American crossing the border into Canada to pursue a criminal enterprise I'd think differently.
But this man should no more be prosecuted in the USA for selling pot seeds any more than the makers of Canadian beers and liquors were prosecuted for violating the Prohibition in the USA in the 1930's.
I'm not defending a pothead, mind you, I am defending Canada's national sovereignty.
Likewise, I do not want to create a precedent where I can be extradited to Canada for doing something that is perfectly legal in the USA.
Scape @ Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:37 pm
Child sex in Thailand is still breaking the law but it is not enforced.
lily lily:
So what you're saying is that so long as what you're doing is legal where you're doing it, you should be safe from prosecution?
Same goes with the kiddy-sex tours in Thailand?
Hate to say, but if Thailand allows their children to be exploited then that is a matter for the Thais to resolve. But Canada should be able to outlaw
organizing those tours in Canada and prohibiting Canadians from participating, just the same as the USA does.
I just do not like the idea of being able to apply US law to a Canadian or vice-versa.
I'm going to be royally pissed if I ever get a notice to appear in Vancouver because a CP is upset with the guns I own in California.
lily lily:
So what you're saying is that so long as what you're doing is legal where you're doing it, you should be safe from prosecution?
Same goes with the kiddy-sex tours in Thailand?
The difference is that child expoitation is Illegal in Canada while possessing/selling/doing whatever with seeds is not Illegal in Canada....
I wonder if an arrest warrant should be issued against God for growing massive amounts of weed.
lily lily:
So if Thailand decides not to co-operate that's okay?
After all, it's legal there.
No.
First of all, I don't know that it is legal there. It may just not be enforced, as someone else already said.
Second the point is that other countries' laws should not dictate Canada's laws. So if Canada's law say it is ok to sell seeds, than it is ok to sell seeds whether America likes it or not, and if Canada says it is not ok to exploit children, then it is not ok to exploit children whether Thailand likes it or not.....
..crap. too slow..
lily lily:
$1:
Second the point is that other countries' laws should not dictate Canada's laws. So if Canada's law say it is ok to sell seeds, than it is ok to sell seeds whether America likes it or not, and if Canada says it is not ok to exploit children, then it is not ok to exploit children whether Thailand likes it or not.....
Ah, so I'll chalk you up as inconsistent then.

You appear to be saying that Canada's laws take precedence over everyone else's... regardless of where they're broken.
However...
Emery wasn't charged with selling seeds in Canada though. He "crossed the line" so to speak when he sold them in the US.
To me it sounds like you are the one who is inconsistant
If we say we are going to accept American law to be applied to Canadians, that would be like accepting Thai law. You say we should accept american law, but not accept Thai law....thats inconsistent...
I say we should accept neither....consistent..
Well if he was arrested in the U.S. for a crime he committed in the U.S. that's different. But if he is charged by the U.S. for crimes he committed in Canada (i.e. an American came up here, bought seeds, and went home) then that is different too. I don't know the details of the case......
If he mailed/shipped the seeds from Canada to America, I would say he is ok.
The more I think about it, it is a dicey legal issue.
Regina @ Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:43 pm
If an American came to Canada and bought seed and took them back fine, that his problem. When you knowingly and intentionally break the law by distributing drugs over international borders, you must also expect punishment from that country. In my opinion he should also face similar charges in Canada after the US is done with him.
In the end he may be made an example of, which is fair because he was trying to provoke a response from them.
I just wanna bring up anouther wtf, so if he gets away with this, will he countinue to do it, and it will becaume somehow legal untill they make new laws that will actually be able to prosicute him, not saying there isn't thouse laws already (if you don't understand me don't worry, im kinda really high rite now)
So the question is, if he gets away with this, and doesn't get prosicuted but it goes to court, will he countinue to do this? can he legaly?
omg im so baked rite now....
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2 years until they finaly lay the hammer down on him
I hear he is getting sentenced btw...
He is going to be able to serve half his time in a Canadian prison, and the other half in US jail .