Australian rePublic wrote:El Lazaro wrote:What are you even talking about? America has a presidential system, and it would be quite unreasonable to blame us for something a foreigner did.
Democracy is not a crime, and anyone who views it as one and tries to violently destroy it is much worse than any old petty criminal.
Okay, let me rephrase that. Assuming that I lived in the United States of America. If I the president passed a law that I disagree with, and I smashed your window as a form of protest, that's democracy, but if I smashed the president's window as a form of protest, that's treason?
No.
Also, how the fuck are arson and vandalism petty crimes? Seriously, in what universe is arson a petty crime?
In what universe is vandalism not a petty crime?