From wcsbeau@ccs.carleton.ca Fri Nov 4 02:10:20 1994 Received: from bud.sandelman.ocunix.on.ca by sandelman.ocunix.on.ca with SMTP id AA21033 sender wcsbeau@ccs.carleton.ca (5.65a/IDA-1.4.2); Fri, 4 Nov 94 01:58:22 -0500 Received: from alfred.ccs.carleton.ca (root@alfred.ccs.carleton.ca [134.117.1.1]) by gateway.sandelman.ocunix.on.ca (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id BAA11766 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 1994 01:50:39 -0500 Received: from superior (superior.ccs.carleton.ca) by alfred.ccs.carleton.ca (4.1/SMI-4.0) id AA26841; Fri, 4 Nov 94 02:02:38 EST From: wcsbeau@ccs.carleton.ca (Reid Cooper - OPIRG) Received: by superior (4.1/Sun-Client) id AA05402; Fri, 4 Nov 94 02:02:34 EST Date: Fri, 4 Nov 94 02:02:34 EST Message-Id: <9411040702.AA05402@superior> To: dianne@sandelman.ocunix.on.ca Status: RO Xref: cunews sci.environment:51089 Newsgroups: sci.environment Path: cunews!nott!bcarh189.bnr.ca!corpgate!news.utdallas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!uunet!newsflash.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!agc.bio.ns.ca!ruxton From: ruxton@agc.bio.ns.ca (Mike Ruxton (CHS)) Subject: Re: Oldman River Dam's latest victim Message-ID: Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 14:15:00 GMT References: <381evv$rrq@quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca> <389h80$doh@bbs.pnl.gov> <38ltiv$rph@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Organization: Atlantic Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada Lines: 22 rcanders@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mr. Nice Guy) writes: >If project is illegal the _ONLY_ proper way is to use the courts, >It the courts say it is legal then you have to go the >legislatures. > >Don't be so hard on Willie, wouldn't you cheat on Hillary too ? Okay, now suppose we have two levels of government, nations, disagreeing on who has legal authority to allow or deny project implementation. Suppose the larger, more powerful, decides to proceed without the approval of the smaller. How is the smaller to emphasize the seriousness it attaches to the breach of protocol? Does its police/army have the right to use gunfire as warning? -- Michael Ruxton - Canadian Hydrographic Service - ruxton@agcrr.bio.ns.ca =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= So many men, so many opinions. - Terence