I think you are right Dave, we never did ratify that treaty

Jeff Salomon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David L Milner [mailto:papabeardm@...]
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 2:46 PM
> To: dragonraid@...
> Subject: Re: [DragonRaid] Re: naming DragonRaid
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> 	As to the language heretofore referred to as possibly Klingon, it is
> Hebrew, I believe.
>
> 	As to this Executive Order, Musilm countries, India, and Israel have
> laws against conversion-by-force or bribery, undue influence, etc., which
> would seem to be unnecessary if evangelism were against international
> law.  Besides, I don't believe the US ever ratified the UN  Genocide
> Treaty, but I could be mistaken about that.  Anyway, I believe that what
> the treaty refers to is something similar to mass conversions by force
> during the Inquisition, or the Muslim mass conversions during the days of
> the Ottoman Empire.  It could  also refer to bribing or brainwashing,
> such as some cults do, or to any method other than simple persuasion.
>
>
> Dariel
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