XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Tim Merrigan   wrote:   
   >On 28 Mar 2024 22:40:08 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:   
   >   
   >>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.   
   >   
   >He was the Norman government, Philip I was the French government.   
      
   Yes!  I stand corrected!   
   --scott   
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