Fortunately, American law doesn't yet govern the entire world; though we do all seem to be heading that way.

Meanwhile, if we are to avoid unnecessarily repeating most of what has already been said in the 8 million previous threads on this subject, might we wait until 'mike putt' graces us with some information as to what jurisdiction he might happen to live under?

I have a vague idea that he may live in Ireland; if that's the case, US law is completely irrelevent to his question except as an example of the astonishing fact that different countries often have different laws.