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From: cliff@unmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Meta-government
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Date: Sat, 2-Mar-85 16:37:11 EST
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> 	And I have grave doubts about emmigration of criminals.
> Many of these people are highly anti-social and could not live
> peacably anywhere. Or do you think the Atlanta Child Murderer
> can really be trusted not to do it again if only he were allowed
> to emmigrate?  Such people *must* be locked up or killed, for the
> safety of everyone else.

You seem to forget, or ignore, that the emmigration is allowed only if
the receiving sub-meta-country accepts the criminal.  If a country wants
to accept a mass-murder, that is up to the country to decide...personally
I don't see why any country would do such a thing.  However, if a country
wants to accept all the criminals who were caught in violation of an anti-
drug law, then the accepting country has much to profit by this move.

Essentially, the emmigration law would provide for an international law, where
truely serious crimes would be internationally illegal, yet the law wouldn't
be dictated by the richest countries.

> 				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)
> 
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--Cliff