From: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 19:59:40 -0800 (PST)
To: roach_s@alph.swosu.edu (Sean Roach)
Subject: Re: [rant] Re: Censorship on cypherpunks
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> Actually, I was comparing some people on the list, who were saying someone
> could always start thier own list, with those who advocate telling someone
> to start a new country as opposed to making their vote count.  This is a
> free country where we, fortunately, don't have to hang around, and, this is
> a free list, where we don't have to post or remain subscribers.  I was
> saying that telling someone to start their own list was equivalent to
> telling them to dig in on an uninhabited island.  I was never advocating

     Please point out to me an "uninhabitated island" that meets the 
following qualifications (Necessary IMO to supporting a "country"):

     1) Is not claimed by _any_ other country. 
     2) Is always at least 1 foot above the water line (necessary IIRC
        for the UN definition of "Country")
     3) Is large enough to provide ariable land for at least 3 people. 
        So that this "Country" can be minimally self sustaining. 

    I ask this question to point out that starting ones "own country" 
is not really within the realm of possibility at this point in time, 
and I would be willing to be that if such an island were found, and
inhabitated by more than 2 people, it would promptly be claimed by another
country, the people would be run off, and the UN would back this up. 


Petro, Christopher C.
petro@suba.com <prefered for any non-list stuff>
snow@smoke.suba.com