Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > > > > > CAIRO - An Egyptian lawyer said on Wednesday he was planning to sue > > > the world's Jews for "plundering" gold during the Exodus from > > > Pharaonic Egypt thousands of years ago, based on information in the > > > Bible. > > > > Umm - a couple of obvious things - you can't sue a race of people, you > > have to bring your suit against a specific entity - be it a government, > > corporation, association, individual or any combination of the above. I > > mean, who is going to defend, or pay? The first jewish person the > > process server runs into on the day? > > > > Secondly, I think that a statute of limitations applies on simple > > plundering pretty much everywhere - only capital crimes are ever > > excluded, and the exclusions vary too much to be useful. > > > > Thirdly, none of the people who are being asked to answer for this crime > > actually committed this crime. The accused have been dead for thousands > > of years. Even if stupendous discoveries of incontrovertible evidence > > was suddenly discovered, it's not going to point at anyone around today... > > What if your gradfather, knowing that he and my grandfather are both near > death, were to rob my grandfather buy gold with the money and put it into an > offshore bank under your name. Further more he writes in his journal that he > did this. No one is around any more who was originaly involved. > > Now what if it was your great grandfather and the only way you were to > recover it was that he made sure you (who was not yet born) got the journal, > so you would know where to get your gold. > > Now what if it was his father, or his father before him? > > Where does one draw the line?
Well, can we say that the *maximum* for statute of limitations is 1000 years? 2000? 3000? What figure would you set? If it's 1000 years, then clearly in *this* case, the statute of limitations has been passed. Julia _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l