Aunc.1668 net.news utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!smb Fri Jan 8 11:24:48 1982 Legal question (zehntel.130) (ucbonyx.220 followup) The offense against the Seychelles was committed *in* the Seychelles; staging a coup is generally regarded as an unfriendly act. In general, a country has jurisdiction over acts which take place within its borders; witness the "pirate" radio stations and the gambling cruise ships that operate outside of territorial waters. The offense against Canadian law is probably in "importing" such material. I trust the system administrator at watmath has a good lawyer.... ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.