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| | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | Jeez, did everyone take angry pills today? I think Bruce's point is pretty clear. You asserted that our invasion of Iraq was bad (illegal, unjust, whatever) because it violated the sovereignty of Iraq. Bruce is asking you (and now DaveK) if there (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Leonard Hoffman
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| | | | | | (...) Well, when you ask it, it seems well thought out and even-headed. I do believe, what Bruce actually asked me was if I supported Hitler killing the Jews - which is not well thought out, not even headed, and offensive. i tend to respond to guff (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) But that was just an extreme example of what I said. It was a starting point for distinguishing what you really think about the role of sovereignty in our war-decisions. Do you think that a nation can act to cause harm to its own population (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) The Macho Libertarian Flash(tm) answer is that there is NO justification, short of actually being invaded by another sovereignty and needing to repel the attack, that justifies attack on another sovereign country. Nor is there any (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Well, let's talk about this, then, and keep it entirely in the realm of hypothetical. Country A is oppressive. A majority of citizens of Country A decide to have a 'revolt' to shake off the tyrannical oppressive gov't. Can the citizens get aid (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | These are MLF answers mind you, not my personal view which is a bit muddier (...) I suspect you're not going to do that but OK, I'll play along. (...) Check. (...) Check. (...) Not legitimately directly from other countries. Only from privateers who (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Nope, I was genuinely intersted to see where the debate would go--I don't have a solid opinion on the matter, and this particular hypothetical scenario doesn't pertain to the current Iraqi situation. I did think about the American revolution, (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | "Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...areDOTcom> wrote in message news:I0Jrr3.GAL@lugnet.com... (...) short (...) to (...) own and (...) foreign (...) always (...) answer (...) Hmm, how do you define sovereignty? Does it require consent of the (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | These are LMF answers, not my own, which are rather muddier. (...) Yes, each and every one... (...) Any group of people, no matter how small, whether territorial or not. At the extreme, it must be unanimous consent or else provision must be made to (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | | "Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...areDOTcom> wrote in message news:I0Ju05.zt6@lugnet.com... (...) people (...) Ok, so an improperly formed sovereignty doesn't have any validity... (...) the (...) exclude (...) Hmm, if I'm accused of a crime, (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Dejure. "consent of the governed" and all that... It may defacto have a lot of guns though. (...) Only if you can escape, and your former co citizens (or properly employed police) don't come find you and remand you back into custody. I don't (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) I'm curious--under the Flash(tm) philosophy, what happens if one sovereign nation invades and subjugates a second nation, thereby imposing the sovereignty of the invader over the invaded? What kind of action can be taken in response, since the (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | These are LMF answers, mind you... not mine, which are rather muddier (...) Armed conflict happens, presumably. (...) The citizens of the invaded country. As always, just as if they were considering secession peacefully. (...) The Second Amendment (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) That's fine with me--I'm interested in examining the philosophy itself, (...) Okay, I think that makes some sense. But couldn't the dominant nation simply impose upon the seceeding nation a fee of, say, a billion dollars per person to effect (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) In advance? Would you sign up for that? Or do you mean after the fact against people who were in already? I would tend to think (and I'm guessing here) that every new law (except basic common law, you can't dodge the prohibition against (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well, maybe this is a better hypothetical: What if the dominant nation (accepting, though, that the minarchist idea kind of trumps this) simply buys all territory surrounding the smaller nation and then charges the smaller nation a billion (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Don Heyse
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Hey, you know, I always (well, not really always) wondered why they don't do that with those "Native American" casinos you see popping up all over the place these days. Apparently they're able to fight that sort of thing off. (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) Honestly, I don't know the answer to that one off hand. What do you suggest? Armored VTOL aircraft or spaceships? Or maybe just never leaving? (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Not sure--maybe they could go at night, when no one's watching. Your other post suggesting "information" seems a good compromise, unless the surrounding nation can somehow claim the airwaves as its own property and thereby charge for their (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | | | (...) Sounds a bit like Cuba. ;) Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Leonard Hoffman
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| | | | | | (...) In my experience, extreme examples do more to mud up the argument rather than cutting to the essence. The key issue is regarding WW2 and the Holocaust is that nation sovereignty wasn't an issue for either case (the war or the genocide). (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | "Lenny Hoffman" <lahoffma@*NOSPAM*ma...r.fsu.edu> wrote in message news:I0JsE3.KMD@lugnet.com... (...) point (...) in our (...) than (...) Hmm, in my experience, extreme examples are great for exploring assertions, and helping cut to the essense. I (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | (...) I put a question mark behind my question to show that it wasn't an assumption. You assumed incorrectly that I was making an assumption. I would have used a more recent example from Africa, but I couldn't remember the name of the country (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) It always bums me out when I discover that someone hasn't been reading any of my posts. Dave! 8^) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Leonard Hoffman
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| | | | | | (...) Dave. You are now my hero. I will make an effort to read OTD regularly from now on so I can catch every snipet of ignorance that falls from your golden mouth. -Lenny (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | (...) I just finished replying to your message where you did indeed dodge the question, so I gotta say that you ignorant claim is pretty darn ignorant. :-) (...) Of course not. I was merely trying to get you to confront the logical extension of your (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed... —Leonard Hoffman
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| | | | (...) ooh.. i know! Maybe I'm not man enough! (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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