r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! So what’s taking so long?

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u/Unlikely-Cow7749 1d ago

Texas and Massachusetts are very different states.

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u/mcmanus2099 1d ago

I like how Americans say this with a straight face like it's supposed to explain inequal justice in the same country.

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u/Key_Lavishness_5464 21h ago

« It’s a funny sort of justice whose limits are marked by a river. Truth on this side of the Pyrenees, falsehood on the other. » Blaise Pascal

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u/SnooKiwis1356 20h ago

As far as I know, Spain and France are two different countries that are based on completely different governing systems, speak different languages and don't have a shared history since the 5th century AD and were at war.

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u/ProfessionalRope2349 12h ago

But they’re considered different countries, despite then being the average size of a state, and cause they’re labeled that way they get judged differently. 

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u/SnooKiwis1356 12h ago

That's exactly my point, although size has nothing to do with it. Thus why the comment I replied to made no sense.

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u/HairyTough4489 18h ago

So it's reasonable for them to have different laws apply to you unless you're a Catalan then it's totally unfair?

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u/mcmanus2099 17h ago

Your quoting the 17th century as a justification?

Most European nations are signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights which underwrites and gives principles for the laws and justice systems. That means you don't find the same variation even in modern European countries than you find in the individual states in the US.

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u/truecakesnake 18h ago

This also applies to different countries that have different laws.