Comments | wittybib: You Know What's Hard to Find?

wittybib

You Know What's Hard to Find?

Mar 29, 2007 00:03

A list of countries with no extradition treaties with the United States. Because I figured it was something I didn't want to spend time looking up if I really needed to know, you know? The most current list I could find was from 1988. And since it lists "USSR" as a country with no extradition, I figure it's a little outdated. This is the kind of ( Read more... )

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recycledstars March 29 2007, 07:44:55 UTC

Afghanistan- War zone. Not my first choice of hideout. Also, currently owned by America therefore, possibly not the best choice, landmine issue aside ( ... )

wittybib March 30 2007, 03:15:55 UTC

Your assessment is very...thorough. And rather helpful as it details precisely everything I knew about these countries yet had no desire to articulate.

Yes, the list is rather unappealing. And creates quite the catch-22 situation for me. The only reason I would be committing a crime would be for money. But once I have said money, the only places I can run to are essentially third world--places where I would already be considered wealthy with the money I already have and where they have nothing I really want to buy and abhorrent food/water conditions. But, I'm not particularly wealthy by first world standards. So, I can be loaded in the third world with nothing to spend money on, or middle class in the first with many things I want but cannot afford.

I suppose I will just keep my clean water, indoor plumbing, and edible food and stay crime free while hoping the United States has some big fallout with Italy or Australia wherein our no extradition treaty is suspended or abolished altogether. Then a-bank-robbin' I will go.

bettyentel March 31 2007, 14:32:38 UTC

Can I come bank robbing with you? I promise to be entertaining in that stupid-stooge sort of way. I think I could be really good at that. Unless you want a hard-core-serious-bank-robbing-partner. In which case, I've seen Pulp Fiction.

And, I agree that was a very thorough assessment of the countries on that list. We should bring her with us. Her attention to detail and witty humor, will compensate for my goofy stupidity and the various unstable governments we may encounter.

wittybib April 4 2007, 04:10:05 UTC

I guess you can come. But it's a 70-30 split since it was my idea. And I was considering steering away from both the stooge and the hard-core approaches--considering more the low-cut-shirt-and-hope-for-a-male-teller approach. You know, then he'll just be too flustered by the boobs and the guns to remember to hit the silent alarm. We just get the money and run. Because really, murder doesn't appeal to me so much.

And we probably should bring her. Her attention to detail will most likely prevent us from encountering the various unstable governments. Whereas as we alone would probably pick the country with the civil war/genocide/unfathomable loathing of Americans. And, she's studying to be a doctor. It could be like a mob movie (or a soap opera) where something goes wrong and she has to stitch up our bullet wounds. That'd be awesome ( ... )