Subj : Re: How much should I charge for fixed-price software contract? To : comp.programming From : Randy Howard Date : Sat Aug 27 2005 09:27 pm Richard Heathfield wrote (in article ): > Randy Howard said: > >> Richard Heathfield wrote >> (in article >> ): >> >>> Chris Sonnack wrote: >> >>>> If a terrorist, from the safety of a country that says it's legal, >>>> makes a strike against England, do the Brits have the right to >>>> arrest him for crimes against England, should that person ever >>>> set foot on your soil? >>> >>> Not as far as I'm aware, no - unless perhaps a state of war were to exist >>> between England and that foreign country. But of course I am not a >>> lawyer. That, however, is my best guess. >> >> I would have thought you would be a better guesser than that. > > Sweet of you to say so. :-) > > But on what grounds could they arrest him? What law has he broken whilst > under English jurisdiction? You are making the totally unwarranted assumption that the government would need grounds, or even make an arrest at all. Killing, midnight abduction to an undisclosed location, whatever. It sounds evil, but do you really think a government can justify /not/ doing something in such a case? "Yes, the guy that killed 5,413 of your fellow countrymen landed at Heathrow two days ago. Unfortunately, we didn't have an existing law in place, so we let him continue on to Syria. So sorry." Right. -- Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR) .