From:	Patrick Goodman <remo@***.NET>
Subject:	Re: Submission : NERPS Guide to the World (fwd)
Date:	Sun, 13 Sep 1998 17:50:03 -0500

From: Andrew K <nietzche_2k@*****.COM>
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 1:58 PM

<snippage>

>Actually, this brings me to a point I've been wondering
>about. Are there any corporations who have bought out a nation
>themselves? I know Aztechnology is basically thought of as having
>done that, but I mean real, literal buyouts here. ...

<snippage redux>

>Why wouldn't someone like Saeder Krupp do that, if only for a
>sovreign area where they could conduct illegal experiments in
>peace?

Why would they need to do that? Corporate holdings are already
extra-territorial to the country they're housed in. Why would SK need to
buy a country when they already *are* a country (in fact if not in name)?

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