... so ... if I understand you correctly, Sengir, you claim that the RL authors got extraterritoriality wrong for embassies (the permissions and allowances for which are generally considered to be
the definition of what it means to be extraterritorial) but got it right for corporate properties ... ??
... how's that work, again?
and that the extraterritorial embassy just up the street isn't precisely the same?
Embassies/diplomatic missions are not extraterritorial. The "organization" is exempted from local laws, but that does not make it separate territory. Think of it like renting a house: Your landlord probably does not have the right to enter it, but that does not make you the owner and your lease can be terminated.
And I'm at loss where you got the idea that I claimed a nation state does not posses territory, populace, etc..
You
implied (strongly) that a nation-state does not &c. when you stated that embassies (please note that I did not state 'diplomatic missions') were not considered extraterritorial - which AFAIK is the singular current global use of the term, though it includes packages proceeding in the hands of an embassy courier to and from the host country, that courier's person, the ambassador, and the ambassador's official vehicle. Yes, they can all be kicked out, but
while they exist they and the land is considered part of the other nation's territory - which is what extraterritorial means, 'out of the (host nation's) territory'.
Your use of the landlord/tenant phrasing, however, is
precisely what I mean when I speak of extraterritoriality - and which was
precisely what happened with the SCIRE/ACHE when Deus took the damn thing over. The landlord showed up, said "You're cooking meth in here, that's damn well dangerous to all the other tenants, GTFO!!" and took over the situation - and, technically, the property - while giving Renraku the
option to purchase it back for costs.
In short, you got it
all precisely correct, but you don't realize it -- and in fact you're arguing that a) national and corporate extraterritoriality in SR are different and b) that those who claim otherwise are wrong.
So ... slap yourself a bit and realize that extraterritoriality means just exactly what you say it does
and what I'm saying it does, and that it really
is nations that get to decide whether or not and to what extent they're going to be signatories to the Universal Business Accords, eh?
