X-Message-Number: 4240 Date: 18 Apr 95 22:39:50 EDT From: Jim Davidson <> Subject: Perry Metzger Dear Mr. Metzger: Have you heard of "flags of convenience." Many nations have very different attitudes about medicine than the US, and the standard flags of convenience, Panama and Liberia, are not very uptight about what happens on the ships they register. Ships that are not flying the flag of a known nation are liable to be boarded, but then so are all ships. The only true maxim involving the high seas is that propounded by Machiavelli, "Being unarmed, among the other harms it brings to you, causes you to be despised." Perhaps you consider yourself competent legal counsel? Your input is welcome. Jim Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4240