[Travis McGee]

What utter BS. As if the Aztecs and Incas cheerfully signed over their rights.

One way to read this is govts vs. private operators. The govts are protecting each others’ interests, over those of ordinary people or private consortiums.

Utter BS. This is the movement toward global govt driving one more nail in the coffin of freedom.

[aruanan]

Yeah, a recovered stolen car is returned to the car-jacker. Ha ha. Too bad they couldn't just sink it again and say, "Hey, now you try to find it. Oh, and we're contacting both the Mexican and Peruvian governments. The one of you three with the biggest finder's fee will be the luckiest."