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| -Short Attention Span Theater- |
| Stupid Law of the day from 1916 still on the books. |
| 2019-02-16 |
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| Posted by:3dc |
| #2 Not so ridiculous in this day of Mercenary Private Security Companies if you remember the Treaty of Washington(1871) and the "Alabama claims": "At Geneva, in 1872, the United States was awarded $15,500,000 pursuant to the terms of the treaty, and the British apologized for the destruction caused by the British-built Confederate ships, while admitting no guilt." |
| Posted by: magpie 2019-02-16 15:01 |
| #1 ...I suspected as soon as I read this what was actually going on, but I Googled it just to make sure - this was passed during the First Great Worldwide Unpleasantness to keep people from building ships (at exorbitant rates) for the belligerents - instead of building ships for Americans, so THEY could get the money for shipping the stuff over. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2019-02-16 11:12 |