To: rjsimmons
The ships were property. It wasn't the SHIP the US FedGov gave permission to, but the ships owner and crew. You are going through quite a few contortions of meaning here.
Intentional or not.
52 posted on
07/16/2004 10:02:40 AM PDT by
Dead Corpse
(For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
To: Dead Corpse
Quote The ships were property. It wasn't the SHIP the US FedGov gave permission to, but the ships owner and crew. You are going through quite a few contortions of meaning here. Intentional or not.
Definitely wasn't my itention. What I was trying to distinguish is the intent of the 2A and how privateers were utilized. Quite a stretch from the original thread, but a good line of conversation anyways.
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