Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/05/15/how-embassies-work.html
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Yes, but only if they have a flag. No flag, no mini country.
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Also, most US Embassies have a store stocked with common US dry goods including name brand pharmaceuticals sometimes hard to find in host countries. And they take US dollars.
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Wait what really? Does that include American tampons? Because if so, that is a game changer.
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Probably. Because as of today US embassies still hire females. /s
eta: Probably not possible to just walk up to the Marine at the gate and ask for tampons but, if there for say a lost passport or some other business it would be an opportunity to drop by and shop.
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Diplomatic immunity from what?
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usually murdering somebody
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Traffic tickets, I’m guessing, judging from their behavior in NYC.
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Diplomats: Christ, what assholes.
Also swag and tax-free booze.
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Came for this. Now satisfied.
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There is an ongoing argument between the US Embassy in London and the Mayor’s office over the congestion charge. The Embassy say it’s a tax and they should be exempt, the city say it’s a road toll which embassies have to pay.
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Embassies are basically “mini countries abroad,” according to this explainer video from Wendover Productions
The video says something a little bit different than that, though.
The embassies are actually the people who make up the staff, and there’s no extraterritoriality involved.
Not a “mini-country”, but lots of protection against searches and entry, and the laws of the host country still apply to the space generally.
Militarists agree…
The concept of “bag” is pretty flexible, and can extend to crates or even shipping containers. People have been smuggled in and out of countries in diplomatic “bags”.
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It’s probably for the best that we don’t have to maintain diplomatic relations with the Time Lords; or that situation would really get out of hand.
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Apparently they don’t serve hamburgers though. You have to go to McDonalds for that.
Do embassies have a reciprocal arrangement to direct US citizens hungry for the cuisine of the land of Apple pie and motherhood to the nearest McDonalds?
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Perhaps they server hamberders. Maybe that’s where you get them from…
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