Randall Clague wrote: > On Sun, 25 Aug 2002 16:05:29 +0100, Ian Woollard > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Ultimately does it matter what the pieces of paper say, if a man with a >>big gun says something different? > > The idea is that you can use the pieces of paper to summon the man > with the Federal agents and the nuclear weapons. And the Executive > Order freezing the Earthbound assets of the miscreant.
Federal agents: okay, get them Up There. Once that's done, they count for the power of their guns. If not, nada. Nuclear weapons: same deal, actually. Earthbound assets: this being one of the less savory, but ultimately practical, reasons for lunar colonization - transfer yourself and all your physical assets Up There, and move your financial assets around in traditional manners so you can buy what you need and have it delivered to landing sites with governments that would be more than happy to offend the Americans (or whichever government you're a national of) on a high profile but low risk and complexity case, and there's little they can do to you if they continue to toe the "Space Is For Government Only" line. _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
