On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:24:00 -0500, kaladorn wrote:

>For Timothy and Jeff:
>
>Even more bizarre (to me): Someone on Reddit was asking some questions
>about legalities and what might get them in hot water. He was a bit
>unclear, but he clarified by saying it was in the context of filibuster...
>
>But the definition he was using is one that I think is older and not much
>used anymore:
>
>A filibuster (from the Spanish filibustero), also known as a
>freebooter, is someone
>who engages in an unauthorized military expedition into a foreign country
>or territory to foster or support a political revolution or secession.
>
>As a software developer, I'd call that kind of use 'overloading'....

Yes, but it's the modern legislative procedure that's the overload; the
freebooter meaning predates the legislative procedure. That doesn't mean
that the procedure itself is more recent than the military meaning; Cato
the Younger would often obstruct the business of the Roman Senate by
speaking at extreme length (that is, "filibustering", in the modern
legislative sense).

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster for the legislative use, and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_%28Military%29 for the military
use.

Filibustering in the military sense is at present considered to be illegal,
and a sponsoring state entity can have international sanctions imposed, and
the individuals actually part of the filibustering unit subject to arrest
internationally.

Filibustering in the legislative sense is a perfectly valid, if obnoxious,
tactic for delaying or preventing legislative action that the filibustering
member(s) object to.

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