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Actually this thread started out on the subject of hacking into a chica's e-mail accout, so it has already taken MANY turns. It went from a "how to" to ethics to our position as johns to the legality of prostituion to extraterritoriality to Ch*ld prostituion. It seems a logical progression to me albeit far off the original subject.

I agree that anyone engaging in sex acts with minirs should be shot. I'm not so sure of its legality everywhere. The age of consent varies, even within the US. In Canada the age of consent is 14 and in Mexico only 12. The age of consent for commercial sex is higher, generally 18, but even there I'm sure it can vary. Also, if you read the PROTECT Act, it basically says that any sex act with a person under 18 that would be illegal in the US or any commercial sex act, regardless of the presence or absence of local laws, would be illegal under this law. So Snooky's comment does apply although it is basically a moot point.

As for your next point, Snooky's original comment was rather sweeping and if it were true I don't think they would have had to pass a special law like the PROTECT Act. But it certainly applies to an evergrowing array of other laws. Sex with minors is but one example. Some others result from our war on drugs, intellectual property rights, the long arm of the IRS (ask TMan, VB, Kotigre and others whether US Tax laws still apply to them in CR) and most recently the war on terror. We are even trying to apply our laws to foreign nationals captured in Afghanistan and being held in Guatanamo. The ironic flip side of extraterritoriality is that foreign diplomats are not even subject to US laws when in this country if it is legal back in theirs.

With all this going on, even IF there is a law on the books that applies to expanding the application of US prostitution laws to US citizens abroad, I strongly doubt that they will bother to monitor boards with an eye towards prosecuting members for what is only a misdeamonr offense back in the US any way (at least not yet). Feel free to post your usual reports.

Thanks Prolijo,

No need to ask anybody about the tax stuff. I lived/worked in Italy for 4 years and have had my own business in CR for nearly 3 years now. Unfortunately, I'm demasiado acustumbrado to paying Uncle Sam his "fair share" of everything over the foreign tax exclusion.

Thanks for your thoughtful response. I would agree with everything you said. Hope to meet you soon...and Snooky, too...although I may not believe everything he says at face value.

CRFan