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**Pete** · 11-04-2010, 04:49

"......As for the bashing of international law, that position does not exactly square with the "what would the founding fathers do" sensibility that is currently in vogue. The Second Anglo-American War (the War of 1812) began in no small part because Americans were rather quite tired of Britain's continued disregard for international law........."

Sigaba, I usually find your posts that include a bit of our history to be quite thought provoking. But I think you missed with this arrow.

If this, at the time, was an internal British issue (on that big island) I don't think the Americans would have been that upset. But even by that time the international sea lanes were under laws and treaties. The Brit's were violating those agreements, so the Americans said, against American shipping.

So that was a case of two countries on the high seas, some just off our coast, each claiming their laws were correct.

I think your example would be better illustrated by a British ship pulling into Boston and it's press gang rounding up anyone who sounded British. All while claiming they were just following British law.

So a living law Judge would say - "Hey, I got no problem with it, they are just following their laws."

11-04-2010, 04:49	#26
Pete Quiet Professional Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fayetteville Posts: 13,080	Sigaba "......As for the bashing of international law, that position does not exactly square with the "what would the founding fathers do" sensibility that is currently in vogue. The Second Anglo-American War (the War of 1812) began in no small part because Americans were rather quite tired of Britain's continued disregard for international law........." Sigaba, I usually find your posts that include a bit of our history to be quite thought provoking. But I think you missed with this arrow. If this, at the time, was an internal British issue (on that big island) I don't think the Americans would have been that upset. But even by that time the international sea lanes were under laws and treaties. The Brit's were violating those agreements, so the Americans said, against American shipping. So that was a case of two countries on the high seas, some just off our coast, each claiming their laws were correct. I think your example would be better illustrated by a British ship pulling into Boston and it's press gang rounding up anyone who sounded British. All while claiming they were just following British law. So a living law Judge would say - "Hey, I got no problem with it, they are just following their laws."
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