Ultimately does it matter what the pieces of paper say, if a man with a big gun says something different?
Of course it will only take you so far. Far enough to the signing of a treaty is plenty...
-Ian
Randall Clague wrote:
On Sat, 24 Aug 2002 08:41:05 -0700, Adrian Tymes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:AIUI, that comes from the definition of "claim". Sure, you can "claim"
an asteroid, but who's going to recognize it? National governments
doing so would be, in effect, claiming it by virtue of recognizing the
legitimacy of some claims but not others. OTOH, this deals only with
legal claims, not de facto claims - mining, for instance, is perfectly
legal, so long as you share with anyone else who gets up there
Really? That's great! Why bother with claims, then, just go get the
goods. First come first served.
Of course, the first guy to show up with weapons will make everyone
wish they had bona fide claims... :-(
-R
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but only the beginning."
-- Jeff Greason
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