Why Diplomats Can't be Arrested

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  • @halfasinteresting
    @halfasinteresting  6 ปีที่แล้ว +733

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    • @LoganMcCarthy
      @LoganMcCarthy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This is oddly fulfilling.

    • @otterable1
      @otterable1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I really dislike the quirky undertone your new videos have (the ND joke, animator notes, shrug, etc) it's embarassing and not funny.

    • @who919
      @who919 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Half as Interesting why don't Assange leave the UK in a diplomatic Pouch/Crate then

    • @Rolzhey
      @Rolzhey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Half as Interesting North Dakota exists I know because I live here

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jules Rey Tastes differ.

  • @OzoneGrif
    @OzoneGrif 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3697

    A few years ago, police arrested a man selling drugs on the streets, the man got extremely violent with the policemen so he was jailed to the police station... but he was the child of a diplomat, so they had to release him as soon as they confirmed his identity. Later he was caught again organizing car races on the highway, and yet again he was released, except this time the news got interested. Daddy had to return to homeland by the media pressure, and the child was judged in his country for his acts.

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 6 ปีที่แล้ว +510

      That is usually how it works, yes. There's only so much that the home country of a diplomat is willing to put up with before the embarrasment starts to get in the way of effective diplomacy, and at that point (if not earlier), diplomats are usually recalled.

    • @kimjunguny
      @kimjunguny 6 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      If a child of a diplomat is arrested often times the family is sent home. Same with overseas bases. I do believe a teen was raping children and so his family was sent back to the states.

    • @jgroenveld1268
      @jgroenveld1268 6 ปีที่แล้ว +248

      There have been cases where a diplomat asked (more like beg in these cases) their country to waive their diplomatic immunity because the punishment back home would be more severe.

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      This is what happens when a father is so wrapped up in work he doesn't have time to raise his son. Not even the time to spank him.

    • @Vysair
      @Vysair 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Ozone Grif That's just an idiot who failed at life and tries to spread their failure around the world.

  • @geryon
    @geryon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +839

    I learned from Lethal Weapon 2 that diplomatic immunity can be revoked by a police officer with a gun.

    • @coupledyetivonvanderburg5385
      @coupledyetivonvanderburg5385 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I thought it was a crate.

    • @sharpe227
      @sharpe227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Exactly ,diplomatic immunity only applies to the laws of the host country.

    • @Killerspieler0815
      @Killerspieler0815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @ geryon -
      a gun can revoke ANY (judicial) immunity on (nearly all) living beings ;)

    • @flyguncz9437
      @flyguncz9437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Killerspieler0815 if he had invicibility they cant.

    • @Killerspieler0815
      @Killerspieler0815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@flyguncz9437 - Theree is no "invicibility " cheat code in real life , anyone can be "accidentally" arrestet or worse ...
      NOTE: many "diplomates" are spys & embaddies are spy-bases (also especially USA embassies/consulates often have huge Spy-antenna arrey on the roof ! ) & often these are local bases for T-errorist action (like done by CIA/NSA etc. ) = the diplomacy is just a cover for hostile actions of intelligence agencies.

  • @schauffeur8393
    @schauffeur8393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    In the UK in 2019 there was an accident where a diplomats wife killed and young man by driving on the wrong side of the road but she had immunity because of her husband(diplomat)...
    Eventually, Sacoolas was charged with causing Dunn’s death by dangerous driving, but U.S. officials have declined to process the request for her extradition.

  • @shananagans5
    @shananagans5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Years ago (1980's) my friend was in a car accident with a Diplomat and he was SOL. He wasn't really injured but it was his first car, he spent years saving for it and didn't have full coverage.
    The accident wasn't my friend's fault but the Diplomat "declined to pay for it"
    As I recall, my friend's insurance eventually paid as if it was an uninsured motorist but he had no car and no money over the entire summer and that's like forever to a newly licensed teenager.

    • @mardiffv.8775
      @mardiffv.8775 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That is why, when I am visiting the Hague, government city of the Netherlands, I keep an eye out for license plates starting with CD. And give them priority at all times.

  • @robburgess4556
    @robburgess4556 6 ปีที่แล้ว +929

    I keep feeling like we get 80% into the topic and then the ad comes in, there's no resolution. Am I the only one who feels this way?

    • @randomname3669
      @randomname3669 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Rob Burgess I feel the same way, i would prefer it got out of the way at the beginning so the video has proper resolution.

    • @PixelOverload
      @PixelOverload 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      How so? The title question's fully answered along with some extra related info. That's _over_ 100% of a topic, what more do you expect?

    • @randomname3669
      @randomname3669 6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      A proper resolution.

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      This is how I feel about heroin. It's never enough.

    • @DavidCruickshank
      @DavidCruickshank 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Broderick Bunnell I know it's been six months but if you're still curious, It boils down to if they were to arrest a diplomat from a foreign country, the foreign country would arrest their diplomats. And since Diplomats are a great way to smuggle spies into a country losing that ability is not worth whatever you would gain from arresting a foreign diplomat//spy. Essentially they don't do it because everyone loses when they do.

  • @PolyMatter
    @PolyMatter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +881

    I was wondering when you were going to do this topic!

  • @radiofreeplatypus7908
    @radiofreeplatypus7908 6 ปีที่แล้ว +668

    How about a study of 'dual citizenship'? Some countries allow it, other countries say "hell no" and some apparently have no view one way or another. What's the real skinny on this topic, and is it really worth pursuing?

    • @TheGarryq
      @TheGarryq 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      +JohnLewis no country can take action to provide consular assistance to dual citizens in the country of their second citizenship. The idea of sending a diplomat to the he also has citizenship of would be dangerous. Consuls are only protected during their official work and Honorary consuls are often citizens of the host country, but only have minor duties such as confirming documments and again the paperwork is protected.

    • @correctionguy7632
      @correctionguy7632 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This is something one should say hell no to. Or certainly one shouldnt be allowed into politics with it. That way they cant advocate for constantly high and increasing aid towards one of the countries they are citizens of.

    • @IABITVpresents
      @IABITVpresents 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      can't my country just legalize double citizenship lmao

    • @Redmanticore
      @Redmanticore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      you can buy plenty of citizenships and passports if you are rich. and not illegally, either, some small islan nations do sell it if you invest a cool million or so into them.

    • @GC-rf2st
      @GC-rf2st 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Primacy of the country you are in take precedence, if that country happens to be one of the countries who citizenship you hold THEIR law applies and your other citizenship does NOT entitle you to help from them

  • @tonezone117
    @tonezone117 6 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    “Diplomatic Immunity!”
    “Has just been revoked.”

    • @luminaria227
      @luminaria227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Tonezone117 E X T R A T E R R I T O R I A L R I G H T S

    • @adude8424
      @adude8424 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm getting to old for this shit

    • @vitalityfox
      @vitalityfox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm pretty sure the ending of that movie would have had some serious consequences for them later on with various governments.

    • @fabiolireza2870
      @fabiolireza2870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What movie? What’s the name of it?

    • @farhanoktvn
      @farhanoktvn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fabiolireza2870 lethal weapon 2

  • @KainYusanagi
    @KainYusanagi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    You've missed two pretty big things, here, actually: The diplomats have diplomatic immunity because they're considered representatives of their country, and as such must still follow any laws that they would have to follow in their home country; They can still be arrested by their own country, just not the host country. Usually this doesn't happen, though, since diplomats are chosen from people that the government (at the time, anyways) trusts. Secondly, this only really applies to top-level diplomats. Below that, rather than total immunity they only have functional immunity, wherein they are only granted immunity within the scope of their official activities (like that diplomatic courier you mentioned, during a courier run). So, if a fistfight broke out during a meeting, they'd be immune, but if it occurred at a bar after the meeting, then he could still be charged. Lastly, one fun tidbit: ANY diplomat CAN still be ticketed with a traffic violation, they just can't be forced to pay it (though it looks bad on their country if they don't do so and it's legitimate there as well).

    • @leviackerman9461
      @leviackerman9461 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s very interesting

    • @mardiffv.8775
      @mardiffv.8775 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The NY police department had a major problem with UN-diplomats not paying their parking tickets. So the cops deployed their most powerful non violent weapon against the diplomats.........a screwdriver.
      The cops removed the license plates from the diplomats cars and returned them when the diplomats paid the ticket.

    • @Skykbo11
      @Skykbo11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mardiffv.8775 So, is only the lincense plate part of the diplomatic imunity?

    • @mardiffv.8775
      @mardiffv.8775 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Skykbo11 Also diplomats cars and houses are diplomatic immunity.

    • @juriheckmann7249
      @juriheckmann7249 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mardiffv.8775 In theory that has no impact on the diplomats, for once there could drive without license plates because even if they get stopped, there can not be detained. Also the embassy can simply order new plates. The duty of the host country to provide the diplomates with protection (which includes giving out license plates, so there are recognisable) strongly outweighs the interest in getting the parking tickets paid...

  • @nathanroon6961
    @nathanroon6961 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2041

    North Dakota is obviously real.... It’s Finland that’s really deceiving.

    • @Hollycalvey
      @Hollycalvey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      nonono, australia doesn't exist. we all know that

    • @lj805
      @lj805 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      No, Canada doesn't exist. We ALL know that.

    • @mortachaiepstein9329
      @mortachaiepstein9329 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Australia doesn't exist. The Illuminati doesn't want you to know that so you continue on with your belief that the earth is a sphere.
      *At this point I wonder if people will take this seriously, given how many people actually are flat-earthers*

    • @Ludix147
      @Ludix147 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Don't get me started on Bielefeld, Germany.

    • @SlenderScrub
      @SlenderScrub 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Nathan Roon finland is a sea. Break it down. Fish have fins. Finland

  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +550

    Now do a video about why Presidents can't be arrested.

    • @kamanashiskar9203
      @kamanashiskar9203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Yes, though there is a loophole. Presidents can get impeached and then arrested.

    • @mrtortoise3766
      @mrtortoise3766 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      They have to be impeached and then proven the president has committed a crime

    • @highoctanegames
      @highoctanegames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      *cough* *nixon* *cough*

    • @itismethatguy
      @itismethatguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They can and many have been too

    • @itismethatguy
      @itismethatguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@highoctanegames cough pervez musharraf cough zulfikar ali bhutto

  • @augustmannertorn6107
    @augustmannertorn6107 5 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    When i was little my dad was the Swedish ambassador to Denmark and one time my dad accidentally drove too fast on a highway. So when the cops pullef him over he showed the police officer his papers and was told to just carry on. The next day my dad went to work and got told by his secretary to just not do it again. Now he's retired but now i am the diplomat in the family because i grew a lot of my love for politics and languages through educational videos like these. So thanks for makings such awesome videos and keep up the good work.

    • @younesskhader1150
      @younesskhader1150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      My father was a high ranking diplomat in the yemeni embassy and got away with such things. It wasn’t intentional as he doesn’t want to give his country a bad reputation it was just a genuine mistake and would own up to it with sincere apology. I’m on the journey of becoming a diplomat as I’ve loved the idea of being able to travel and undertake the job duties he was ordered to do.

    • @bassam_salim
      @bassam_salim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@younesskhader1150 you can just buy a diplomatic passport for a 1000$ from Taiz
      Giving Yemen a bad name! Haha

    • @younesskhader1150
      @younesskhader1150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bassam salim why buy it when you can get it for free :)

    • @osvaldomorinigo
      @osvaldomorinigo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Seriously?

    • @chuckpuck6744
      @chuckpuck6744 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My mother was a diplomat and she never broke any rules. Now I'm a diplomat and that's it

  • @PeidosFTW
    @PeidosFTW 6 ปีที่แล้ว +644

    One of the best things in this channel is the way you transition into an ad it's always so smooth lol

    • @jackpalmer2549
      @jackpalmer2549 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The big flashing "#AD" thing kinda ruined the effect, though

    • @iwansays
      @iwansays 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Speaking of the ad, shouldn't a secure password look like this:
      "dashlane shield eleven popcorn"?
      Computers will have a hard time cracking that with brute force but it's still easy enough for you to remember.

    • @CptMikeTango1
      @CptMikeTango1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What ad?

    • @jamescubito
      @jamescubito 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Iwan says that would be a passPHRASE not a passWORD

    • @iwansays
      @iwansays 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, these days computer passwords are anything, including space..

  • @Dramon8888
    @Dramon8888 6 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    So the Wikileaks guy could be smuggled out of the country if they put him in a crate?

    • @espalorp3286
      @espalorp3286 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Can we get rid of Ricegum if we put him in a crate?

    • @dementos7806
      @dementos7806 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Just put him in a diplomatic bag and there you go.

    • @g00rb4u
      @g00rb4u 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Or Ecuador could make him a diplomat

    • @Dramon8888
      @Dramon8888 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Greg Chalker that's not as funny or memeable, though.

    • @Hauketal
      @Hauketal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Greg Chalker Actually, that doesn't work. A diplomat has to enter the country as such and be accredited. You can't get that status without the host country accepting you.

  • @unigaming9921
    @unigaming9921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    You didn't explain the "why" though, just the "what."
    Countries have a range of laws and levels of freedom/justice, and it is important that diplomats be immune from that in order to safely do their jobs. If the US arrests someone for murder, Saudi Arabia or otherwise may arrest our ambassadors for literally anything.

    • @olivercharles2930
      @olivercharles2930 ปีที่แล้ว

      What a shit reason.

    • @LegendaryZet
      @LegendaryZet 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      For example Iran or Afghanistan requiring women to wear hijab. As well as Saudi Arabia not too long ago.

    • @AkamiChannel
      @AkamiChannel 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Seriously. This video was clickbait garbage

  • @hozism.8528
    @hozism.8528 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Fun fact: I live near an embassy (many, to be exact) and once my dad stepped accidentally stepped inside the line outside of the embassy that basically claims that this is our country's area. The guard told him to get off and said "you just visited Germany," which was the embassy my dad stepped in. My dad still jokes on how he visited Germany without a visa or anything and got in Germany for basically free.

    • @user-dc2gl3pc6e
      @user-dc2gl3pc6e ปีที่แล้ว

      That guard was stupid and doesn’t know what he’s talking about

    • @dot.4069
      @dot.4069 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lame story

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      @FrozenBusChannel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Around the world in 80 minutes

  • @vesteel
    @vesteel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1261

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      @aaronhann4931 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Did you know... how to spell Zuckerberg?

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      @Umayrica 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

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      @iMatthewWilliams 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @Marylandbrony
      @Marylandbrony 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      WeridAnimeLover69 No Mark Zuckerberg is a Robot-Lizard Cyborg.

    • @ToriKo_
      @ToriKo_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Aaron Hann you must be old

  • @Bullet25fxbx
    @Bullet25fxbx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I am glad to see that Half as Interesting is Anti-Murder. I was worried there for a minute.

  • @SDM_Arcugos
    @SDM_Arcugos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    Tip: Don't harm diplomats. Last time someone did that they lost 90% of their population

  • @judeyang9882
    @judeyang9882 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    diplomats: i guess i will diplomatically eat with my diplomatic spoon and diplomatic fork in today’s diplomatic breakfast while i’m watching a diplomatic topic with my diplomatic cellphone

  • @RRW359
    @RRW359 6 ปีที่แล้ว +510

    "The US is on the far left and France is on the far right"
    Am I the only person who found that statement hysterical?

    • @RRW359
      @RRW359 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      diln chil I don't know how either, but I'm pretty sure both sides think the country is going the opposite way they want it to.

    • @iunne1113
      @iunne1113 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      RRW
      Sorry but I don't understand. Please explain. Tnx.

    • @RRW359
      @RRW359 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Good Boi It's the *opposite of where they are on the political spectrum.
      *I admit it's a bit hyperbolic to call America FAR right, but we're certainly MUCH farther than France, especially considering our current leadership.

    • @RRW359
      @RRW359 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I believe I acknowledged in that comment America wasn't far right, but we were further than France, and you can't really argue that we've gone in their direction since his election.

    • @Joaking91
      @Joaking91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @diln chil lol what?

  • @Tacsponge
    @Tacsponge 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In New Zealand we just had a diplomat who left the country owing 20k in Rent and Damages. After she was 'charged' Foreign Affairs had to step in since no one realised she had had immunity until after, haha.

  • @ML-xp1kp
    @ML-xp1kp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "Diplomatic immunity!"
    **bang**
    "IT'S JUST BEEN REVOKED"

  • @ccityplanner1217
    @ccityplanner1217 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    My parents used to work for an embassy & had diplomatic immunity. They would frequently exploit this by driving at 90mph in their diplo-plated car for the thrill of it. This was before consumer electronics, so no-one, let alone the police, could notify their embassy that they had been speeding.
    What if a diplomat is arrested while going out without a car & the police officer has no way of knowing they are a diplomat?

    • @TheClol7
      @TheClol7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Usually that means that they're detained until they confirm with the embassy that he really is a diplomat.

    • @stylesrj
      @stylesrj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If they don't have a car, they should have ID.
      If they don't have ID, they would probably be detained and the police would check with the embassy to see if they're the real deal.
      If the person who mugged them of their ID is their evil, drug-smuggling twin, well...

  • @Carlos7Matute
    @Carlos7Matute 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Damn it!
    i thought skillshare was gonna teach me how to become a drug lord.

  • @AlexVoxel
    @AlexVoxel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Your transitions to ad are absolutely the best i've ever seen here on youtube!

  • @TheGroovyGuitarDude
    @TheGroovyGuitarDude 6 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    0:17 “Or that North Dakota is a real place” 😂

    • @DerHammerSpricht
      @DerHammerSpricht 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You mean Fargo is all fantasy? It can't be!

    • @andymadden8183
      @andymadden8183 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Of course, it is real, but that's funny nonetheless.

    • @CatholicWeeb
      @CatholicWeeb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andymadden8183 No It Doesn't.

    • @rohanjoshi107
      @rohanjoshi107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Watch his new vid about how North Dakota wasn't a state until 2012.

    • @bjxxx
      @bjxxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You betcha!

  • @it_was_my_cat
    @it_was_my_cat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    "Countries will usually revoke diplomatic immunity in order to save embarrassment"
    USA after a woman murders a teenage boy in the UK: "You're supposed to do what?"

    • @flyguncz9437
      @flyguncz9437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not poosible, the diplomat even kill million of people and cant be revoked ever.

    • @SmileFile_exe
      @SmileFile_exe ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@flyguncz9437 the diplomat can be kicked out by the host country or the host country can decide to sever diplomatic ties with the guest country and arrest the diplomat.

    • @sirnikkel6746
      @sirnikkel6746 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@flyguncz9437Unless you want a war, that, in this case, seems prefferable.

    • @esmeecampbell7396
      @esmeecampbell7396 ปีที่แล้ว

      Typical Yanks. They're fucking scum, we should get MI6 to do her in. Hope it fucking hurts when she dies.

  • @ThatShyGuyMatt
    @ThatShyGuyMatt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I remember when I had to go to the US Embassy in my wifes home country. This was before we married. They would not let her at all. Unless you have an appointment you cannot enter as a citizen of her country. Where as I could enter with or without an appointment. Even though we are married now and shes a legal immigrant (citizen in a few months), she still cannot enter the US Embassy in her country without an appointment.
    Which reminds me, someone should do a video of what it means to become a citizen of another country. More so in terms of what you gain and lose. In my wifes country she loses the ability to stay in her country for a long time on visits. She also loses some other perks. Unless she gets a duel citizenship. In that case you don't lose as much.

  • @MisterL2_yt
    @MisterL2_yt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    You should mention the plane of the president, which is also considered diplomatic space. When Snowden was suspected on the airplane of the president of Ecudaro, the US and France forced it to land and searched it with a SWAT teams in hopes of finding him there, which was technically considered an act of war (it just didnt matter because Ecudaro cannot fight America)

    • @hunterbear2421
      @hunterbear2421 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah, the biggest gun wins almost always

  • @ProbablyAGamer
    @ProbablyAGamer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Look up "Harry Dunn Accident"

    • @lukeseely6748
      @lukeseely6748 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ProbablyAGamer she should be arrested hands down

    • @igrnge2883
      @igrnge2883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Honestly she should be deported back to the UK

  • @matthewmckenna248
    @matthewmckenna248 6 ปีที่แล้ว +410

    Could you cover the rise of A.I warfare?

    • @sebastianelytron8450
      @sebastianelytron8450 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Veritasium already did that in more detail than HAI could ever dream of

    • @marksilla8276
      @marksilla8276 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Have you been going to all the science channels you can find and ask this question?

  • @RabidChild82
    @RabidChild82 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I need to quit reading so fast. I read the title as "Why Diplomas Can't Be Attested" and was curious as to why the video started talking about diplomats.

    • @player-hw7pe
      @player-hw7pe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bean shadow and you read it as attested.

    • @RabidChild82
      @RabidChild82 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is when I can read and spell in the first place.

    • @Mr6Sinner
      @Mr6Sinner 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m so confused

  • @christianevans9338
    @christianevans9338 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Sam,
    HAI and Wendover have become arguably the best channels on TH-cam. The material is fascinating and the production quality is top-notch. It's been a blast to watch this grow. Keep up the great work!

  • @Dark_Peace
    @Dark_Peace ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "diplomatic immunity, Edgeworth, it hardens in response to baseless objections"
    - Quercus Alba

  • @TheSheiban
    @TheSheiban 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    HAI is anti-murder, but what about Wendover Productions? Are they anti-murder too? How will I ever know...

    • @awesomeduck7022
      @awesomeduck7022 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THEY ARE THE SAME PERSON GEEZ

    • @TheSheiban
      @TheSheiban 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Awesome Duck imgur.com/gallery/utzTCyo

    • @joeymcm04
      @joeymcm04 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Awesome Duck _Whoosh_

  • @aayushsharma2692
    @aayushsharma2692 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Saw the news today morning and went to find this video since I remembered him talking about it. Julian Assange was arrested by the UK.

    • @clickrick
      @clickrick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      At the invitation of the Ecuadorians, They basically kicked him out and invited the UK's police in to make that happen.

  • @aresef
    @aresef 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The drug trafficking part, North Korean diplomatic missions are notorious for that sort of thing. They are forced to make back the cost of their mission by any means necessary.

  • @AnimealPlanet
    @AnimealPlanet ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wtf? The smooth promotion at the end had caught me off guard! 😂😂😂😂

  • @caralhoguy
    @caralhoguy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    _Fun fact : This is the same species of lizard as Mark Zuckerberg!_ 1:13

    • @AlphaCore_
      @AlphaCore_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      FuZe_gunboy Do you even read the thing on the video?
      Right corner.

    • @caralhoguy
      @caralhoguy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      FuZe_gunboy Okay wannabe FaZe member

    • @guruprasaathm
      @guruprasaathm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      so you are an eagle? mr.'garuda'

  • @tigergodX
    @tigergodX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love how you transitioned into that ad by advertising the fact you can become a legal drug pin using it

  • @moshfrogs
    @moshfrogs 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how smooth the transitions to the adverts are! Always makes me chuckle.

  • @jackhehir1493
    @jackhehir1493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In my glorious country we don’t believe in immunity, we believe in execution.

  • @Romandy13
    @Romandy13 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My father is a diplomat and I can confirm this. When my dad was sent to Lebanon, his car was given a special plate number meant for diplomats. Every time there was a security check for the cars, the guards would ignore our car when they see the plate number.
    Okay, I'm gonna say I'm Filipino because it will be important for what I'll say next: Any illegal Filipino worker cannot be arrested if they are found near a diplomat, especially if they are in a diplomat's vehicle.
    So yeah. It's kind of a cool privilege.

  • @DominicMV
    @DominicMV 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You know you'd think that he wouldn't sneak one of his airport clips talking about diplomatic immunity, but he did it almost instantly

  • @hienapple4664
    @hienapple4664 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The transition from video to ad is smooth af.

  • @yugytomm
    @yugytomm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Soviets once tried to test the limits and claimed that a nine-ton tractor trailer was a diplomatic bag.

    • @hpsmash77
      @hpsmash77 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      what 😂

  • @NovemberOrWhatever
    @NovemberOrWhatever 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If you try anything big, your home country would recall you or cancel your immunity, but the small stuff:
    1. "do you know how fast you were going?" "no, and I don't give a damn"
    1a. most traffic law really
    2. noise restrictions (embassy parties last until 4am)
    3.tresspassing
    now, to become a diplomat

    • @olivercharles2930
      @olivercharles2930 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jeez, I would rather have a diplomat kill me and get away with it than be a nuisance.

  • @hose5257
    @hose5257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So that means I can wear a Winnie The Pooh shirt in China without getting arrested?
    Well ok then! Just gotta wait until quarantine is over.

  • @lincselo
    @lincselo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I clicked because of the thumbnail, hoping for yet another video about Hungary slowly moving towards a half-autcratic system. Nope. Just an awesome video about anti-murder drog smugglers.

  • @mon6745
    @mon6745 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Omg... your sense of humour is so dark... I love it!

  • @casey6556
    @casey6556 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Minor correction: the red British Columbia license plate shown is for consular vehicles, not diplomatic ones. BC has no non-consular diplomats since we are far from the capital. However, those consular officers still get certain diplomatic immunities.

  • @user-dl3vn8ze9n
    @user-dl3vn8ze9n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fun fact: There's a Skyrim quest called "Diplomatic Immunity."

    • @flyguncz9437
      @flyguncz9437 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exists only from 1968

  • @ciromerluzzi2244
    @ciromerluzzi2244 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your vídeos are getting better and better. Love that hook to sponsorship on the end of each episode by the way. Smooth.

  • @RamzaBeoulves
    @RamzaBeoulves 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just discovered you, great content made me stay but that sponsor transition had me subscribe. It was so good I went ahead and checked them out even tho I already pay for such a service

  • @aristerosgiatros8742
    @aristerosgiatros8742 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    1:15 down right
    Nice one

  • @Tyo-yw9jh
    @Tyo-yw9jh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Shit, if only I’d know this as a kid. I had school friends that were children of diplomats. If I’d known they couldn’t be arrested we might’ve got into even more mischievous shit.

  • @Neophlegm
    @Neophlegm 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is easily your most interesting video. Super well done, and funny. Nice :)

  • @BoTHerHAter
    @BoTHerHAter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I grew up near DC and drive with diplomats all the time. One of the first things my parents taught me about driving was that you stay away from the cars with the diplomat license plates. If anything happens your paying for it. Plus, they have expensive cars.

  • @SeeASquaRE
    @SeeASquaRE 6 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    So, How do I become a DIPLOMAT!?

    • @DrTssha
      @DrTssha 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      You're probably kidding, or fishing for funny responses, but I'll be unfunny and say you probably need to be either a retired politician, a prominent citizen popular with the country you'd be ambassador to, or someone with political leanings similar to the person in power (who said person knows (usually a president or a prime minister)).
      Of course, assigning old party flacks to overseas diplomatic posts is ridiculous in and of itself, so...

    • @1997saltydog
      @1997saltydog 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Very carefully.

    • @vilhelm6134
      @vilhelm6134 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      In the United States, you take the Foreign Service Exam. Any US Citizen is allowed to take it. It does, however, have less than 500 out of 20,000 applicants pass every year.
      Many European/Canadian/Australian countries have a similar exam.

    • @Kriae
      @Kriae 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      at least it's easier than becoming pope

    • @juandiegoceballosgomez3654
      @juandiegoceballosgomez3654 6 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      With squarespace

  • @dwiskuspersonal
    @dwiskuspersonal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I lost it at the kangaroo

  • @The_Drunk_Lord
    @The_Drunk_Lord 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was a beautiful segue into that sponsor ad. Hands down one of the best I have seen.

  • @magicado6294
    @magicado6294 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the animator is amazing
    we love you, animator

  • @that1nerdyblackgirl736
    @that1nerdyblackgirl736 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    2:34 not anymore. Just got pulled out of that building today. Does that means the UK wants war

    • @AQuestioner
      @AQuestioner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ecuador withdrew his asylum, so I guess he is not under Ecuador's protection anymore.

  • @alvaroagr
    @alvaroagr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "If you want to create a fully legal diplomat drug smugling ring" 😂😂😂

  • @tommo2785
    @tommo2785 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was the best segue ever into the ad.
    Totally seamless.

  • @GstarCurtis
    @GstarCurtis 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is the funniest transition to an ad, I have ever seen. kudos!

  • @saadadnan6014
    @saadadnan6014 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Last week a US diplomat in Pakistan voilated traffic laws by running a red light which resulted in the death of a motorcyclist. Police released the CCTV footage which confirms the incident and shows the car running a red light. Would be interesting to see what happens next. In my opinion he should be punished. Does being a diplomate give you license to kill?

    • @mattpytlak
      @mattpytlak 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      My bet is the US recalls him back home.

    • @mokingbird84
      @mokingbird84 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      he is probably out of the country already

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Pakistan is fully entitled to publish that footage (in fact, they could hypothetically persecute him in court, though they'd have no authority to force him to be there, and the verdict would be void anyway). What happens next will probably largely depend on how the US gauges his responsibility for the death, but given that he jumped the lights, there's a good chance he'll be recalled, the US will send an official apology to Pakistan and possibly to the victim's family, and that would be that. There's a hypothetical possibility he'd be tried in the US, but that rarely happens with diplomats.

    • @erkinalp
      @erkinalp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It can be arrested after the final verdict, however, the employing country needs to be notified, and he will be born his penalty _in his employing country_ unlike laypeople. Just not arrested during the trial. This how it works in the US. Different countries have differing rules for diplomats.

    • @biohazardlnfS
      @biohazardlnfS 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Either the US recalls him home. Or they will reject his immunity and send him home

  • @coleblackman8613
    @coleblackman8613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's important to understand that this is not how it actually works in practice - it depends a lot on diplomatic position and diplomatic relations

    • @egoalter1276
      @egoalter1276 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is how it works. Violating diplomatic immumity is an act of war. Weather the wronged nationa ctually takes up the towel is a different question, but by international law they are justified in a military counterstrike as defensive action.

  • @dbkaalaiy
    @dbkaalaiy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    One reason i subscribed is because of the smooth ad transition you make every single time

  • @NvTwist
    @NvTwist 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent transition into the dashlane plug. 👏🏻

  • @SuperMasterman64
    @SuperMasterman64 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    wow, a lot of this reminded me of the final case in Ace Attorney: Investigations. Damn Alba was a stubborn old man.

    • @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447
      @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He tried everything. But he slipped up with a single pack of hot dogs.

  • @votekyle3000
    @votekyle3000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Missed opportunity to use the term Persona non Grata

    • @otzi1
      @otzi1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      votekyle3000 What a great unfortunate 😄

    • @dibbidydoo4318
      @dibbidydoo4318 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      So they can go back to their country, and with the connections a ambassador has, they can go jail-free in their home country.

  • @LuciferVonCarstein
    @LuciferVonCarstein 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the segue into the Dashlane plug

  • @hikingpete
    @hikingpete 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're right up there with Linus Tech Tips with your ad delivery. I was going to say 'It's almost an art form', but there's nothing 'almost' about it.

  • @Eudomac99
    @Eudomac99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    1:11
    Footnote: *This is the same species of lizard as Mark Zuckerberg* xD xD

  • @iameuropean5301
    @iameuropean5301 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “I mean, no one wants to mess with Ecuador”
    -the Animator

    • @whafflete6721
      @whafflete6721 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Especially goat and Australia

  • @smokeypillow
    @smokeypillow 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the AD transitions in all ur videos

  • @gondo2k2
    @gondo2k2 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the segways. So smooth

  • @maxiBianca
    @maxiBianca 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    “ Fun fact: this lizard is the same species as Mark Zuckerberg. -The Animator”

    • @MrShirial
      @MrShirial 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Opposite

  • @thomas.02
    @thomas.02 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My favourite creature is dessert.... wait did I get it wrong?

  • @kevinpetit9886
    @kevinpetit9886 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think it’s interesting how you make ads sound like they are a part of the video. I almost forget I’m watching an ad. Great video. 😊👍

  • @TheDJGrandPa
    @TheDJGrandPa 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was the most sneaky ad-transition ever. That earned you a sub lol

  • @hyonker2134
    @hyonker2134 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was watching wendover video and I when I clicked this one, it sounded like “ hethrow was made possible by dashlane
    *breaking news!* Heathrow secretly run by dashlane!

  • @jaredg5133
    @jaredg5133 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "Same species of lizard as Mark Zuckerberg" 😂😂

  • @hotmojoe2483
    @hotmojoe2483 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The transition between video and ad is 👌🏼

  • @yeahright6048
    @yeahright6048 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:48 “I mean, no one wants to mess with Ecuador” throwin some serious shade lmao

  • @czskateralexn1ke
    @czskateralexn1ke 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    You are a very good youtuber, great content. I rarely leave comments.

  • @matyi10012
    @matyi10012 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Yeey Hungary, Yeey!

  • @galactic-hamster7043
    @galactic-hamster7043 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I came in fully expecting a lethal weapon joke and was pleasantly surprised

  • @alfromwork
    @alfromwork 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favourite desert creature is probably the sand cat. So adorable, yet so sneaky!

  • @humbertocellig
    @humbertocellig 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I used to be a Diplomat but we never abuse, we even make the lines in the airports like every single citizen. It was very cool. Great video!

    • @taniamanik2012
      @taniamanik2012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Humberto Celli my father was an ambassador (which made me have a diplomatic passport too) but he would always tell me to follow ALL the rules which made me, not know that a diplomat has such immunity to being arrested

    • @olivercharles2930
      @olivercharles2930 ปีที่แล้ว

      except all the times you do

  • @SonySMRTLim
    @SonySMRTLim 6 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Diplomat immunity?

    • @Marylandbrony
      @Marylandbrony 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Lim Ming Quan **Ambiguously shoots you*
      May have been revoked?

    • @avai5788
      @avai5788 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Fuck em

    • @ieatgarbage8771
      @ieatgarbage8771 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lim Ming Quan You can’t hurt me!
      You’re a diplomat!

    • @eprince2328
      @eprince2328 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      all that peace and that unity all that weak shit will ruin me fuck em

    • @cordlefhrichter1520
      @cordlefhrichter1520 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Laundromat community.

  • @4thImpulse
    @4thImpulse 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how you segue into the ads!

  • @aidanwansbrough7495
    @aidanwansbrough7495 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video!! My favourite desert animal is the rainbow lizard.

  • @sergiogiannini3650
    @sergiogiannini3650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Actually, just being a diplomat will not necessarily grant you all if any of these privileges. At least, in The Netherlands, the privileges that you receive are regulated by what type of diplomat you are. For example. If you were to work at the African embassy you would be granted all of these privileges, however, working at a place like the European Space Agency (ESA) you will not be granted any of these privileges UNLESS you are currently working on or doing anything in correlation to your work.

    • @redarrow7952
      @redarrow7952 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sergio Giannini I am also a diplomat in the Netherlands, my father is at Europol which gives me almost total immunity. Despite this, if I was to do something bad I would still probably be recalled to my home country (UK)

    • @sergiogiannini3650
      @sergiogiannini3650 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@redarrow7952 Ah that's cool. You should be fine as long as you don't kill anybody. I have really mild privileged and will just be charged if I would do anything

    • @redarrow7952
      @redarrow7952 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sergio Giannini yeah I think if I killed someone I’d get into trouble, but I can get away with some more mild offences

    • @sergiogiannini3650
      @sergiogiannini3650 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@redarrow7952 Yeah I think so too

  • @DeepakThakur24
    @DeepakThakur24 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Planes are here! 3:20

  • @jyothish99
    @jyothish99 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol , love the way you brought up the ad 😂😂

  • @tobycazzolato4377
    @tobycazzolato4377 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your animator edits