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In Trenton, NJ (my home town) some guys busted for selling drugs have claimed diplomatic immunity. The police don't see it that way and have them in custody. Considering that they claim Mars and Venus as their homeland does that mean that if they're successful in claiming diplomatic immunity they can be deported to other planets? Maybe the prosecutor should lobby for just that punishment. I'd like to see the look on the defendent's face when he's told he'll be shipped to Venus and set loose without a space suit.


http://www.trentonian.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18081198&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6

Sounds like a mighty fine plan.

But diplomatic immunity just means there going gitmo :D

So now, on top of their other crimes, they can be charged with impersonating foreign diplomats. Unless they can somehow produce valid diplomatic credentials from Mars and Venus, and can prove that the State Department has diplomatic relations with their governments, which seems a bit unlikely.

:rolleyes:

In Trenton, NJ (my home town) some guys busted for selling drugs have claimed diplomatic immunity. The police don't see it that way and have them in custody. Considering that they claim Mars and Venus as their homeland does that mean that if they're successful in claiming diplomatic immunity they can be deported to other planets? Maybe the prosecutor should lobby for just that punishment. I'd like to see the look on the defendent's face when he's told he'll be shipped to Venus and set loose without a space suit.


http://www.trentonian.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18081198&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6

I agree. Send them to Venus and Mars without space suits. Lets see if they can survive. If they do then we know there are aliens among us.

*sings the theme song to men in black*

Yes-Deport them.

I believe one could renounce their American citizenship. Then you become stateless.


Renounce your US citizenship with this handy guide. I suggest anyone that is a US citizen that just hates being one please follow these simple steps to leave.

http://travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_776.html

You become stateless and you are afforded limited rights by the UN

http://www.unhcr.org/protect/3bbb29d44.html

Maybe it's all part of thier master plan to sacrifice themselves to accelerate the space program. They get themselves busted for selling drugs, claim diplomatic immunity, argue for deportation, and now suddenly NASA has to build them ships to get to the planets and they die but are rewarded 7 Nerd Virgins for being the catalyst for inner-solar travel. And I don't even care if that term works or not...

Inner system *nods*
Also, where is Sin? Aboriginal rights here!

Maybe it's all part of thier master plan to sacrifice themselves to accelerate the space program. They get themselves busted for selling drugs, claim diplomatic immunity, argue for deportation, and now suddenly NASA has to build them ships to get to the planets and they die but are rewarded 7 Nerd Virgins for being the catalyst for inner-solar travel. And I don't even care if that term works or not...

Sounds like they just ripped off the Abenaki indians.

So now, on top of their other crimes, they can be charged with impersonating foreign diplomats. Unless they can somehow produce valid diplomatic credentials from Mars and Venus, and can prove that the State Department has diplomatic relations with their governments, which seems a bit unlikely.

:rolleyes:

While I'm quite sure that foreign has been interpreted to mean extranational, I am unsure whether the law has defined it, in that context, as extraterestial....

There's only one way to test if they are. Dump sulfuric acid on the guy who claims to be Venusian, and stuff the guy who claims to be Martian in a box in Antarctica for a few days.

There's only one way to test if they are. Dump sulfuric acid on the guy who claims to be Venusian, and stuff the guy who claims to be Martian in a box in Antarctica for a few days.

I approve of this method.

AFAIK, neither the State of New Jersey, nor the United States of America has any diplomatic relations of any kind with the Commonwealth Serenissema of Venus or the Empire of Mars. So diplomatic immunity cannot be claimed.

Hmmm. I'm wondering what it will take for the government of Canada to recognize my diplomatic immunity as an official of Mikesburg.

I'm gonna start building my embassy right now!!

AFAIK, neither the State of New Jersey, nor the United States of America has any diplomatic relations of any kind with the Commonwealth Serenissema of Venus or the Empire of Mars. So diplomatic immunity cannot be claimed.

In fact, according to this book I read, we're at open war with the Empire of Mars. And another book I read says that we're at war with Venus.

In fact, according to this book I read, we're at open war with the Empire of Mars. And another book I read says that we're at war with Venus.

I saw that documentary (http://www.impawards.com/1996/mars_attacks_ver1.html).