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From notes@igc.apc.org Mon Aug 21 00:49:17 1995 Received: from cdp.igc.apc.org (192.82.108.1) by MediaFilter.org with SMTP (MailShare 1.0b10); Mon, 21 Aug 1995 00:49:18 -0500 Received: (from notes) by cdp.igc.apc.org (8.6.12/Revision: 1.203 ) id UAA04788 for "conf-zamir.chat"; Sun, 20 Aug 1995 20:46:07 -0700 Date: 20 Aug 1995 20:21:27 Reply-To: Conference "zamir.chat"From: glasnp@mirage.skypoint.com Subject: http://mediafilter.org/SJ/Pages/time for new ideas To: Recipients of zamir-chat-l Message-ID: <1403162834-32288@mediafilter.org> X-Gateway: conf2mail@igc.apc.org Errors-To: owner-zamir-chat-l@igc.apc.org Precedence: bulk Lines: 67 My reading on the Bosnian crisis suggests that there will never be a successful solution based on "new" geographic boundries. What is needed is an entirely new form of government-- one that is NOT geographically based. My solution is quite simple, but hopefully not simplistic. Each person in the region of former Yugoslavia would "elect" which government would represent them. So, for example, a Bosnian Croat could elect to be governed by Croatia, etc. The "governments" would exist and would enact laws that would apply to those who have elected to be governed by them. The governments would need to cooperate on certain matters such as the building of common roads. This would be done by treaty. Where conflicts occur between "citizens" of one "state" and "citizens" of another "state," the courts would be required to apply a "choice of law" analysis much as courts do in the U.S.A.when deciding cases between citizens of different states (i.e., Minnesota v. Wisconsin). Sound crazy? Two points: 1. This system is very similar to what applies to foreign nationals living abroad and to members of Native American Tribes in the U.S. 2. Can the obvious complexities be any worse than trying to divide up a small nation into many different parts that will NEVER quite work? Let each person choose the government that will represent that person but let each person stay put! Well, not being a Balkan scholar I have no idea whether my idea is silly or worthwhile. If anyone out there thinks its worthwhile, and can pass it along to someone who can make a difference, please be my guest and thanks.