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From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Re: Babel
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 01:30:32 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: United Individualist
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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.

In 1066, was William the Conquerer an authorized representative acting
on behalf of the French government?
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