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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Re: Babel
Date: 28 Mar 2024 22:40:08 -0000
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Keith F. Lynch <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> 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
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