Saturday, June 24

On Netflix, we've found a series called Crossing Lines.  It's about a group of investigators attached to the International Criminal Court. I'm not sure how close to reality it is because I had assumed their purview would be areas liked genocide and war crimes; instead they seem to be focused more on international crime which I thought was more the business of Interpol.

Still, it's a television show and it's not expected to be real life.  What I like is the international cast.  Well, it's essentially European, with characters from France, Germany, Italy, Northern Ireland, and so on.  The only jarring note is that they also have a New York detective.  Why would one of NY's finest be in Europe, working for the International Criminal Court, when the US is not even a member of the court?

America has always opposed the court and is one of only a handful of countries who were not a signatory to the agreement setting  it up.  Other non-signatories include Libya, Iraq, Qatar, Israel, Yemen and China.  Strange bed-fellows, indeed!

I've got to stop taking the world so seriously.  This show is just typical escapist rubbish and only a pedant like me would try to read too much into it.