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utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!berry
Thu Jan  7 09:18:19 1982
Legal question
In a recent net.jokes article, jcwinterton points out that Royal wedding jokes
could violate Canadian Criminal Code sections 1-10 (treason).  While I agree
that Royal wedding jokes are in rather poor taste (and most aren't even funny!),
I would like to know:
 1) can United States citizens submitting articles to USENET that are legal in
    the US be prosecuted if they violate Canadian law?

and
 2) Even if 1) is true, how can a U.S. citizen commit treason against Canada?

(Note to jcwinterton:  I am truly curious about this.  I do not mean to
say "Nyah nyah! Can't touch us so we'll do whatever we want."  Question 1
raises some interesting topics I am not qualified to answer.  Any attorneys
out there?)

 -berry

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