XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Keith F. Lynch  wrote:   
   >Scott Dorsey  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   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
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