COMMENTS:
The Guano Islands Act was federal legislation passed by the U.S. Congress on August 18, 1856 enabling citizens of the U.S. to take possession of islands containing guano deposits. The islands could be located anywhere, so long as they were not occupied and not within the jurisdiction of other governments. It also empowered the President of the United States to use the military to protect such interests.
"so long as they were not occupied and not within the jurisdiction of other governments"
And the natives of those islands don't count as "someone" so you can enslave/kill them at your wish, right?
LD: "so long as they were not occupied" most likely means there are no native inhabitants of the island.
Way to get all angry and stuff though : )
Yes, I read that. But, no matter what the laws say, greedy men find a way around them.
Gotta be...
Ahh batshit! I got it wrong...
Guano?!? Man, that must be an old law. Weren't components of guano once used to make gun powder ... around the Civil War time?
I was going to say "Hell with claiming for the government, any islands I claim will be for *me*!"
But if guano is the key factor ... I'll pass.
Something smells about this ballot...
Bird droppings, aka Guano
Can't think why, Bush's America's full of enough shit as it is already!
The reason why "guano" (which also meant bird droppings) was chosen was because it meant that the island could sustain life, the reasoning being if there were birds there, humans could live there. If birds couldn't even live there, then the island must not be habitable.
why would someone want to? Why not have your own country?
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