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1996-12-15 - Re: [No joke] The Feds may legally gas us

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From: Jim Wise <jim@santafe.arch.columbia.edu>
To: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-12-15 21:50:11 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 13:50:11 -0800 (PST)

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From: Jim Wise <jim@santafe.arch.columbia.edu>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 13:50:11 -0800 (PST)
To: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
Subject: Re: [No joke] The Feds may legally gas us
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> The Deviant wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, Lucky Green wrote:
> > Folks,
> > Did you know that the Feds may legally test chemical and biological weapons
> > on the civilian population as long as they give 30 days advance notice to
>
> No, they can't.  Development, testing, and use of Biological weapons is
> banned by the Geneva conventions (among others).  International treaty
> outweighs USC.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the Geneva conventions do not apply
to nations acting upon their own citizens...  This showed up in the legal
wrangling over whether the brutality in Bosnia-Herzegovena was part of a
civil war or a war between nations, and hence whether an international
tribunal had authority...

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				Jim Wise
				jim@santafe.arch.columbia.edu
				http://www.arch.columbia.edu/~jim
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