--- In [email protected], "terry12622000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been doing a little reading up on the Alien Tort Claims Act of > 1789, in recent years it has been sucessfully used by a Paraguian > father who suced a Paraguian policemen in US court for torturing his > son ( 1980) Holocaust survivors sued a Swiss bank in US court and > other survivors are or have sued German manufactuers in US court for > using slave labor. A major oil company was about to be sued in US > cort by Burmease villagers because the company was said to have used > slave > labor. The oil corporation and the villagers settled out od court. > Democratic US Senator Dianne Feinstein from CA. sponsered a bill > in 2005 called Senate bill 1874 which would have given the president > the power to dimiss a lawsuit if in his or her view the lawsuit would > interfre with foreign policy, a major oil company had given Feinstein > 10,000 dollars in > contributions. > The article I read was dated 10/2005 and said it had not > made it to the judicial committe as of then so I do not know yet what > if any progress the bill has made. The bill is a very dangerous > contribution to Excutive power.--- In [email protected], > cottondrop@ wrote: > > > > I know what you are saying but the Japanese government did more > than attack > > miltary targets in China and Korea, they were not so careful on > sparing > > innocent lives. > > Maybe FDR embargo on oil to Japan set the government off but > victims > > of the Japanese government had a right to sue the Japanese > government in US > > court which might have equaled or have been more than the oil > value of the oil > > embargoes. > > Since in legal theory a corporation is a person even > today > > maybe some of the Japanese corporations can be sued for not only > economic > > damages but punitive damages for their help in destroying innocent > lifes and > > property in China, Korea and other parts of Asia. Of course the > facts should be > > proven and if the corporations were forced to help there should > not be any > > punitive damages but if the corporation gainned from the action a > debt still may be > > owed. Now if the Japanese government forced the corporation to do > bad acts the > > government should compensate the corporation for any lose in court > but if the > > corporation was forced to act it probably would be better for the > plantiffs > > to go after the assets of the Japanese government instead of the > corporate > > assets in question. > > If a lawsuit can be avoided in a just way it should > but > > generally it is far far better to sue than to go to war for example > Where does Castro > > have all that money, Chavez and his government may own oil ports in > the US and > > may have produced some of our voting machines, What about the > Irainan > > political big shots, what about The Sadui Royal Family, what about > the big > > corporations that pushed Jim Crow laws in the South, what about the > lifes and property > > of small farmers in Columbia ruined with the help of US government > money and > > > agents. > > > > > Now people often think that governments only have money > coming in > > through taxes or borrowed money then it goes out in spending but > that often is > > not the case besides the hard assets like land, buildings, > utilities > > governments or their incorporated entities often have liquid assets > invested in stocks, > > corporate bonds, REITS ( real estate investment trusts), > commodities and > > foregin investments, the New York state employeee pension fund > alone has assets > > valued at over 130 billion dollars. The Japense government may > have billions if > > not trillions in its Postal Fund which non postal employees can > also invest > > in. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
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