Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: Babel Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:46:30 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:46:28 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9aeffeffef84a5a78e8c6e4b104db2b7"; logging-data="3332019"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/jzFd2SIB+RPBccQcbrfi3" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:kgzytRbglqCp7Pf9DTbB08PUjlo= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2012 On 3/27/2024 5:02 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: > Keith F. Lynch wrote: >> Scott Dorsey wrote: >>> Does not count, for the same reason that 1863 unpleasantness doesn't. >> >> Okay, how about Pancho Villa's attack on Columbus, New Mexico in >> March, 1916? > > Was Pancho Villa an authorized representative acting on behalf of the > Mexican government? Or was he acting as a private citizen? > > I seem to recall that Villa had previously been a representaive of the > Mexican government but that at some point he had gone out on his own, > and I think that was before 1916 but I cannot recall precisely. I believe Villa's raid was after as part of why he did it was in an attempt to drag the US into his conflict with the Mexican government. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.