On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, Steve Schear wrote:
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.
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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.
Does it? LOTF was fiction. Can you identify a recent instance in which a non-governmental organization attempted to influence political/military events via a concerted AP?
Try every violent insurgent movement in the modern era. The only difference is the manner of target selection included no money.
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.
So, you're saying it is legal for citizens?
Excuse me? No, I am saying that U.S. citizens will be breaking the law if they move to overthrow foreign governments, even in private action. This is called, among other names, an anti-mercenary statute.
The second question was whether a non-profit org. could raise tax-deductible funds to conduct such operations.
Done every day. As to the legality, it would clearly be criminal conspiracy to raise funds in furtherance of an attempt to violate anti-mercenary statutes. -- I hate lightning - finger for public key - Vote Monarchist unicorn@schloss.li