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Re:Former “Seasteaders” Come Ashore To Start Libertarian Uto... by smacktoward on Saturday September 08, 2012 @08:28AM (#4492832)
In fairness, it's hard to weep over this particular violation of sovereignty. The US gave Pakistan ten years to round up bin Laden using their own internal police and military systems, and it became abundantly clear over that time that Pakistan had no interest in doing so.

If you're going to shelter the world's most wanted criminal within your borders, and refuse any chance of bringing him to justice, you probably shouldn't be too surprised if justice ends up coming to him instead.

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Re:Former “Seasteaders” Come Ashore To Start Libertarian Uto... by Nrsolis on Saturday September 08, 2012 @05:00PM (#4493972)
Hey, I'm not complaining. I think it needed to be done.

But my point still stands: if the sea-steaders thought they could escape into some "international law" zone, then they were sadly mistaken. It's more like a "we dont really care...until we do" zone.

IIRC Greenpeace found this out when commandos (French) boarded their ship.

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