Sujet : Re: Babel
De : tppm (at) *nospam* ca.rr.com (Tim Merrigan)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.written rec.arts.sf.fandomDate : 29. Mar 2024, 20:50:10
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On 28 Mar 2024 22:40:08 -0000,
kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
Keith F. Lynch <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
Was Pancho Villa an authorized representative acting on behalf of
the Mexican government? Or was he acting as a private citizen?
>
Does it matter? If a bunch of armed foreigners working together cross
the US border to use force against Americans, that's an invasion.
>
What if it's only one armed foreigner?
>
In 1066, was William the Conquerer an authorized representative acting
on behalf of the French government?
>
He was the French government. L'etat, c'etait lui.
--scott
He was the Norman government, Philip I was the French government.
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