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From: Tim Merrigan <tppm@ca.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: Babel
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On 28 Mar 2024 22:40:08 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

>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

He was the Norman government, Philip I was the French government.
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Tim Merrigan

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