Subject: Re: answer to extra credit question<br/>
Date: Jul 29, 2005 @ 15:16<br/>
Author: aletheiak (&quot;aletheiak&quot; &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1529031562">haha<br/>
you so politely make it sound like i forgot<br/>
<br/>
the only thing actually needing to be remembered in this picture tho<br/>
is the 3 league limits of puerto rico<br/>
<br/>
but if i understand you<br/>
i do agree with your implied analysis <br/>
of the question behind the extra credit question<br/>
that <br/>
when this treaty was written <br/>
& perhaps even now<br/>
the probability of some legal fork in the road coming between bvi & anguilla<br/>
seemed & seems greater than between usvi & pr<br/>
at least to those responsible for the treaty & perhaps yourself<br/>
<br/>
--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@m...&gt; <br/>
wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt; Mike D. wrote:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; but it doesnt at all explain why the usa<br/>
&gt; &gt; at the same time<br/>
&gt; &gt; on the opposite side of the same gbus line<br/>
&gt; &gt; does not take the same opportunity<br/>
&gt; &gt; to distinguish the pr based eez from its vi based<br/>
&gt; &gt; counterpart<br/>
&gt; &gt; by stipulating a corresponding gbus2prvgvi eez<br/>
&gt; &gt; tripoint<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Please remember that the USA has never parceled out its EEZ among the several <br/>
&gt; states, much less the territories.  Beyond the 3nm line (or the three-league <br/>
&gt; line of Texas and the Gulf coast of Florida), everything is federal.  One could <br/>
&gt; argue that Puerto Rico and the US Virgins, as unincorporated territories, are <br/>
&gt; subject to at least the theoretical possibility of eventual independence.  That <br/>
&gt; possibility is remote, however, so it can be dealt with only when and if <br/>
&gt; necessary.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Lowell G. McManus<br/>
&gt; Leesville, Louisiana, USA </span></blockquote></div>