Re: 3rd Season Enterprise - Carpenter Street - 5 star poll - SPOILERSAHOY!

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cory C. Albrecht) said:

>> Wrong! He worked for Starfleet, and was trying to save the
>> freaking earth. I think that should count for something.
>
> If a member of the Russian FSB, British SIS or Canadian CSIS were
> to take somebody's car in the USA, without permission, it would
> still be stealing, not commandeering. Why, because they are not
> part of the leagally constituted authorities allowed to do
> so. Neither was Archer.

Thus reviving my (not very serious) hobbyhorse about "Time Trax" --
that our hero Darien Lambert was actually as much a criminal as the
guys he was tracking down and assaulting, given how far out of his
lawful jurisdiction he was operating. :-)

-- William December Starr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>