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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: TimF who wrote (52425)10/25/2006 1:33:14 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
"OK. I stand corrected"

Acknowledged.

"I fail to see any relevance"

Relevance does not derive solely from the imputation of your "fictional" characterization of Canadian sovereignty claims. My assertion ("The fact that humans are rascals is never an argument for the rational legitimacy of particular claims.") was relevant to elucidation of the issue. I made the point that it is not unnatural (and history bears this out time and again) for countries to make claims based--not on rational merit--but merely on roguish self interest. Having parsed the applicable treaties and conventions, it now appears that your "argument" for American claims to right of passage as right rather than privilege, seem to reflect a claim rather than an argument. Why does the United States have a right of passage rather than a privilege? Because they claim they do.

The fact that they signed a convention which essentially permits rational people to deduce that the waters are internal Canadian waters, fundamentally bankrupts any argument based on International law. Therefore, I made the point that the claim of privilege (and your claim of "fictional") both appear rascally in intent and substance. Such claims have far more in common with the historical sovereignties over various waterways and islands based on assertion and backed by guns and ships, than they have in common with modern redress to formal agreements and conventions and treaties.
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