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It's an interesting question of where we draw the line: diplomatic immunity in the form of embassy plates versus courtesy cards (obviously bad)


The line seems pretty obvious—diplomatic immunity is a trade between sovereign states of "we won't harass your diplomats if you don't harass ours". It has negative repercussions but also has a clear gain for the state's interests.

This is just corruption.


Also, even diplomatic immunity has limits.


Well, I'm sure this does too. It wouldn't last very long if someone murdered someone and got out of it because they had a plastic card that said they were a friend of an officer. At some point even NYC would intervene.


You wouldn’t see them not investigate but if he surprised if there wasn’t a quiet effort to write the report to support a self-defense narrative. Conflicts of interest around group loyalty don’t need to be explicit.


Yeah its not like a diplomats wife can hit and kill a motorcyclists flee the scene and then country and on their return then be given a token sentence then have it immediately suspended. Oh wait...https://www.barrons.com/news/us-diplomat-s-wife-gets-suspend...




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