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To: zonder who wrote (2337)	7/26/2005 8:25:51 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541119

In my more cynical moments (here and elsewhere on the web) I'm a great believer in arguing for the return to 'local inhabitants' of all lands they lived in and controlled 200, 400, 600 or even 800 years ago. I find this particularly amusing against Irish-Americans, who used to argue about how the Brits should get out of Ulster. Ulster, and indeed most of Ireland, were 'legally' owned by England since about 1152 (various dubious feudal treaties plus papal decree), and Ulster itself was predominantly Protestant since well before US independence. So if we leave Ulster on historical or native ownership grounds, anyone not Spanish or Native leaves the US. Not that anyone bar a few RWET types in Britain plus their Ulster counterparts, either wants or cares if Ulster to remain British. But hey :) pick any time 200, 400 or 600 years ago and England has all manner of amusing colonies. Mind you, basing any claim on a religious work is severely pointless. One might as well cede the troposphere to China, seeing as how that's where the celestial dragons allegedly lived...