On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Steve Schear wrote:
Someone wrote:
The problem is that assasination rarely leads to the installation of a government that is any better. In most cases it gets worse.
[...]
We've all heard these arguments, but are they true? Who says so, and how can they be certain? Jim's suggestion has never, to my knowledge, been tried on a consistant, large, scale. When all conventional alternatives have been tried and fail, what have we or the starving children got to lose?
I think "Lord of the Flies" answers this question quite well.
Is it legal for citizens of the U.S. to engage in contract killing of foreign military, politations, etc? How about U.S. or foreign non-profits?
As to the first, yes. (There are several anti-mercenary statutes on the books) As to the second, I don't understand the question. [...]
-- Steve
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