Subject: everyones land was Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Cyprus - SBA Maritime Boundaries<br/>
Date: Jul 24, 2005 @ 03:04<br/>
Author: L. A. Nadybal (&quot;L. A. Nadybal&quot; &lt;lnadybal@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1396283702">Everyone&#39;s?<br/>
How about landlocked countries?  What sovereign interest in the high<br/>
seas could have accrued to them over time?  The high seas would have<br/>
to be an area of no sovereignty if you believe sovereignty is<br/>
indivisible.  <br/>
Can sovereignty be shared between all entities on earth at the same<br/>
time without having been divided amongst them?  <br/>
I think the high seas are no ones&#39; - a ship on the seas carries<br/>
sovereignty along with its movement - there is no sovereign right for<br/>
Cuna, for example, to prevent the Swiss Navy from plying the high<br/>
seas.  If it tried to do so from one of it&#39;s ships on the high seas,<br/>
it would be illegally extending its sovereign powers beyond the ship&#39;s<br/>
railing to impinge upon another.  If, for example, the Cuban&#39;s shared<br/>
sovereignty with the rest of the world on the high seas, then it could<br/>
legally exercize whatever portion of those sovereign rights it felt<br/>
possessed to be an agressor and protect them (or take whatever share<br/>
of that sovereignty the Swiss possessed in an act of conquest).<br/>
<br/>
If the high seas are &quot;everyone&#39;s&quot;, we have chaos.  Only if it&#39;s no<br/>
one&#39;s, a regime where denial of any legal rights pervades do we have<br/>
arm&#39;s length distances, clarity and a system where a violation of the<br/>
peace is always an impermissible action that cannot be justified by<br/>
any assertion of rights whatsoever.<br/>
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Isn&#39;t philosophy neat?  Thoughts?<br/>
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LN <br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; but all territory<br/>
&gt; be it land or water or variable on the surface<br/>
&gt; is solid land at base<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; in fact earlier discussions have entertained 3<br/>
&gt; distinct modalities of everyones land <br/>
&gt; namely<br/>
&gt; everyones land proper &<br/>
&gt; everyones water &<br/>
&gt; everyones ice<br/>
&gt; </span></blockquote></div>