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To: sales@nonlethaltechnologies.com
Title: Thais and Hongkongers calling for sale suspension of tear gas to Thailand

Mr. Scott Oberdick
President
NonLethal Technologies, Inc.
9419 Route 286 Highway West
Homer City, PA 15748

Calling for sale suspension of tear gas canisters to Thailand

Dear Mr. Oberdick,

On the occasion of the recent crackdown of peaceful demonstrations in Thailand, I am writing on behalf of Thais and Hongkongers to call on your company to halt the sales of tear gas canisters that were indiscriminately used to target elementary school students.

Over the past few months since July, hundreds of thousands of Thailand protesters have been fighting for Three Demands, including constitutional reforms, through peaceful assemblies and demonstrations. However, the military-backed government used police forces and pro-monarchy mobsters to attack and quell dissents.

Earlier this week on November 17, the riot police fired water cannon and teargas at ralliers while they were demonstrating outside the parliament. According to Bangkok's Erawan Medical Centre, at least 55 people were hurt, while around 32 of them were suffering from teargas. Six people were reportedly shot with live rounds according to medical staff. Even underaged primary school students were subject to the indiscriminate use of teargas.

Multiple human rights groups in Thailand have condemned police brutality. National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRC) slammed the police use of teargas for violating international standards of human rights, while water mixed with chemicals was used to injure people. Thai Human Rights Lawyers Association also blasted the police tactics for being "not in accordance with the international procedure to disperse demonstrations."

Found at the scene, tear gas canisters show that your company is one of the suppliers of tear gas canisters to the riot police in Thailand. Therefore, Thai protestors and I urge your company to suspend the sale of tear gas canisters and other riot weapons to the Thai police force. We also call on the company to make public all the relevant user instructions concerning the riot weapons that the Thai police use.

I look forward to hearing from you and hope your company can put human rights above business profits.

Yours sincerely,

Joshua Wong
Youth Activist

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(✪‿✪)ノ排程中晝發文 #國際法法理建國 Q&A

Q96: 有人主張中華民國1949年底滅國了，這樣的說法正確嗎

A96:

主張1949中華民國滅國？是指流亡滅國然後又建國，建了不知道什麼的東西？

1949年台澎領土主權還是屬於日本的喔！國際法規定國與國之間戰爭的結束是要簽訂「和平條約」，因此日本投降後停戰了，進入戰勝盟軍的盟佔時期，最終在《舊金山和約》48個國家與日本簽訂決議處理戰後責任歸屬。台澎領土在《舊金山和約》生效就是領土主權歸屬未定。若沒簽約到《舊金山和約》的國家可與日本簽訂子約，其條件不能優於母約（舊金山和約）。

那這裡就有個問題了，如果1949年的中華民國是另一個國家，不是中國，這代表這個國家從來沒有對日宣戰，也沒跟日本打過仗，那是要簽什麼鬼和約？

沒有承認中華民國是中國代表，那是要簽什麼《中日和約》？日本跟什麼國簽條約？

不要跟我說日本跟台灣國簽約喔，去把原文中日和約仔細看，基本英文能力不用太好，也看得懂。

如果跟日本簽《中日和約》的那個東西不是中國，而且還是1949之後才出現的國家，那1941年以前中國跟日本簽的條約關它屁事？幹嘛在《中日和約》第４條扯到這些？

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以下補充一下《中日和約》⚠️文長可略

中日和約（Treaty of Peace between Japan and the Republic of China）
（🔗 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Peace_between_Japan_and_the_Republic_of_China）

先從《舊金山和約》開始談起，第 26 條：”...... Should Japan make a peace settlement or war claims settlement with any State granting that State greater advantages than those provided by the present Treaty, those same advantages shall be extended to the parties to the present Treaty.” 意即：如果日本跟沒簽《舊金山和約》的盟國成員簽約，條件優於《舊金山和約》的話，其他盟國成員全都可以一體適用。

因此，沒簽署到《舊金山和約》的中國（中華民國政權），與日本在1952年4月28日簽署《中日和約》，此約於 1952年8月5日生效。

《中日和約》是《舊金山和約》的子約，子約效力無法超越母約，母約沒把「台澎領土主權」移轉給任何國家，子約也辦不到。換句話說，若條件更優渥，則同盟國成員皆可享受其條件。所以，如果日本真的有辦法依照《中日和約》將台澎領土主權移轉給中國（中華民國政權）的話，那依照《舊金山和約》第 26 條的規定，台澎領土主權現在會變成45個最終批准和約國家共有喔！

中華民國政權作為當時的中國代表，若想透過子約《中日和約》得到台澎領土主權是不可能的，因為《舊金山和約》對台澎處置就是主權歸屬未定。

再來，實際上沒簽約到《舊金山和約》的中國代表ROC，與日本簽訂《中日和約》，當時就是承認接受《舊金山和約》的安排，台澎主權歸屬未定的事實，表示中國代表ROC也同意《開羅宣言》中「臺澎主權歸屬」的部分要依《舊金山和約》處理。

這就表示中英美三國都同意以《舊金山和約》的規定取代《開羅宣言》中關於台澎領土主權的約定，台澎領土主權自然應依《舊金山和約》的規定來認定，也就是處於「未定」的狀態。

以下舉例大家比較有疑慮的部分：
《中日和約》第4條：”It is recognized that all treaties, conventions and agreements concluded before December 9, 1941, between Japan and China have become null and void as a consequence of the war.”
有人主張因為第4條之前簽約的馬關條約就失效，正確應該來說是停止這個條約的狀態。但領土主權不會透過，你停止了這個狀態以後就會達到領土主權移轉的效果。國際法不存在割讓條約終止後，自動回復給原本領土主權國的狀態，因為割讓條約是已經完成的事情，條約只剩下法律的形式而已。更何況大清帝國對台澎領土主權的掌控實際上只有西半部而已。

領土主權移轉必須簽訂另一個條約；馬關條約失效回歸到原本的狀態，這是不對的，舉個例子：「A國 跟 B 國打仗，A 國輸，A 國把甲地割讓給 B國；B 國跟 C 國打仗，B 國輸，B 國把甲地再割讓給 C國；後來A 國又跟 B 國打仗，這次A國反敗為勝打贏了。雙方將之前割讓甲地給 B 國的條約廢除。如果廢除割讓領土主權的條約會讓領土主權回歸原位，那甲地領土主權會回歸 A 國嗎？但明明領土在 C 國手上，是要如何回到 A國呢？難道 A 國、B 國或聯合AB國要再去跟 C 國打一場，而且還要打贏才能把甲地搶回來？這樣戰爭永遠打不完了。
所以，依照法律的安定性原則，廢除條約讓領土主權回歸是不可能的。」

《中日和約》第10條：”For the purposes of the present Treaty, nationals of the Republic of China shall be deemed to include all the inhabitants and former inhabitants of Taiwan (Formosa) and Penghu (the Pescadores) and their descendants who are of the Chinese nationality in accordance with the laws and regulations which have been or may hereafter be enforced by the Republic of China in Taiwan (Formosa) and Penghu (the Pescadores); and juridical persons of the Republic of China shall be deemed to include all those registered under the laws and regulations which have been or may hereafter be enforced by the Republic of China in Taiwan (Formosa) and Penghu (the Pescadores).” 意即：「就本約而言，中華民國國民應認為（英文版：shall be deemed to，即「應視為」）包括依照中華民國在臺灣及澎湖，所已施行或將來可能施行之法律規章、而具有中國國籍之一切臺灣及澎湖居民及前屬臺灣及澎湖之居民及其後裔；中華民國法人應認為包括依照中華民國在臺灣及澎湖所已施行或將來可能施行之法律規章所登記之一切法人。」

對日本而言台澎人本來就不是中華民國國民，但日本在《中日和約》第10條寫台澎人被視為（shall be deemed to）中華民國國籍，特別寫出來是因為原本領土主權擁有的國家，土地上人民也會是國民，但因為中華民國沒有台澎主權，因此特地寫出來。

另外，中華民國政權外交部在 1952 年作成的〈議定中華民國與日本國間和平條約總報告書〉🔗 https://www.facebook.com/794597360633322/posts/1405108306248888/?d=n中，也明白承認中日和約無法解決臺澎主權未定問題：「查金山和約僅規定日本放棄臺灣澎湖而未明定其誰屬，此點自非中日和約所能補救。」由此可知，即使是中華民國政權外交部也知道台澎主權歸屬問題根本無法依《中日和約》來處理。

戰敗國日本針對「日華和約第四條之約定是否使臺澎主權回歸中國」之問題，於1964年2月29日在「第０４６回国会予算委員会第１７号」，由「日本條約局局長-中川融」表示：「日華和平條約第四條，雖然有岡田先生所指出的條款，簡單來說，這條規定雙方承認開戰前日華間所締結的條約均因戰爭結果而歸無效。但是，因為有些條約的涵蓋範圍廣，所以現在會受以前締結的條約影響。也可以說，有些條約的內容會沿用至今。當然這些條約的內容已消失，甚至也有『一次就結束』的條約，諸如台灣割讓等條約，便是『完成割讓台灣』一事即達成目的，之後僅具備形式上的效力。由於這是『已經執行完畢』的條約，就算事後廢棄，亦僅是形式上的廢棄，『已經執行完畢的事項無法因此而回到未執行前的狀態』，此類條約廢棄的效果，在國際法上為非常重要的問題，國際法學者的一致見解亦如上所示，若非如此，則國際間將無法安定；割讓領土後因戰敗而使其全部恢復原狀，之前的割讓條約無效，這是不可能的。」

「內閣總理-池田勇人」也表示： 「我們說得很清楚。我方在對日和約中放棄了（台澎主權）。這不是我們可以置喙的。所以，我們只是依據對日和約的規定，在遵守規定的同時締結了新的日華和平條約。即使是依據日華和平條約，也不能做出違背『依舊金山和約之決定日本已放棄（台澎主權）』的事。即使有做出決定，我們也不是以『中華民國具有對台主權』的想法簽條約，這點條約局局長也多次提到。我們現在也是在這樣的想法下運用日華條約。」

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最後再提《中日和約》在1972年9月29日日本轉承認PRC政權是中國代表時，這張和約就法律上已實質停止了唷！因為簽訂《中日和約》時有寫上適用對象範圍就是中華民國代表的中國，所以對日本來說台灣人也不用再「被視為」中華民國國籍的人了。

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在進行法律效力的解釋時，有一個很重要的基本解釋原則叫做「明示其一，排除其他」。也就是說，假設今天有好幾個項目可以寫在法律文件裡，但只有其中部分被提及，此時表示對建立這份法律文件的當事者來說，他們決定排除掉那些沒寫進去的項目。

如果仔細觀察《開羅宣言》、說要實施《開羅宣言》的《波茨坦宣言》，以及《舊金山和約》的內容的話，會發現在《開羅宣言》裡提到的讓朝鮮獨立有出現在《舊金山和約》裡，但在《開羅宣言》裡提到將台澎主權移轉給中華民國卻「沒有」出現在《舊金山和約》裡。那麼，在運用前述的「明示其一，排除其他」的法律解釋基本原則之後，就可以知道，《舊金山和約》全體當事國雖然有在讓朝鮮獨立上達成共識，但對讓台澎領土主權移轉給中華民國並沒有達成共識。要不然為何不像「朝鮮獨立」那樣明白寫出來？

由此可知，《舊金山和約》絕非單純為《波茨坦宣言》的內容背書，如同橡皮圖章的存在。事實上，從美國在 1950年12月27日出具的外交函文可知，美國認為《開羅宣言》、《波茨坦宣言》等戰時宣言應該要受到考量更完全的和平條約的拘束，而不是顛倒過來，讓只有少數國家參與的戰時意向聲明凌駕於各參戰國皆能參與、表示意見的和平條約。

US Aide-mémoire 1950.12.27:
"The Cairo Declaration of 1943 stated the purpose to restore "Manchuria. Formosa and the Pescadores to the Republic of China." That Declaration, like other wartime declarations such as those of Yalta and Potsdam, was in the opinion of the United States Government subject to any final peace settlement where all relevant factors should be considered. The United States cannot accept the view, apparently put forward by the Soviet government, that the views of other Allies not represented at Cairo must be wholly ignored."
意即：「1943 年的開羅宣言提到將「滿洲地區、福爾摩莎及澎湖還給中華民國」。依據美國政府的看法，該份宣言，就和雅爾達及波茲坦等戰時宣言一樣，必須受到將所有相關因素皆納入考量後作成的任何最終和平條約的限制。」
（🔗 臺澎國際法法理建國連線 ）

也可見1954年12月1日關於舊金山和約及台北和約對台澎主權歸屬的處理方式，以及台澎與金馬法律地位的差異，美國國務卿 John Foster Dulles 表示：【嚴】格按法律來說，福爾摩莎及澎湖群島的主權從未確定過。這是因為對日和約僅涉及讓日本放棄對這些島嶼的權利與（主權）權源。但對日和約並未決定其未來的（主權）權源，這在中華民國與日本訂定的和約中也沒有決定。因此，這些島嶼（福爾摩莎與澎湖群島）的法律地位和始終是中國領土的離岸島嶼（金門與馬祖）的法律地位是不同的。

Remarks at News Conference on the Purpose of Treaty with R.O.C. (Dec. 1, 1954), in DEP'T ST. BULL., Dec. 1954, at 896.
“[T]echnical sovereignty over Formosa and the Pescadores has never been settled. That is because the Japanese peace treaty merely involves a renunciation by Japan of its right and title to these islands. But the future title is not determined by the Japanese peace treaty, nor is it determined by the peace treaty which was concluded between the Republic of China and Japan. Therefore, the juridical status of these islands, Formosa and the Pescadores, is different from the juridical status of the offshore islands [Quemoy and Matsu] which have always been Chinese territory.” 意即：「舊金山和約與台北和約都未決定台澎主權歸屬。台澎法理地位與金馬不同。」

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"Hang his number up in the rafters," wrote Tom Knott of the Washington Times. "He's better than most of the point guards in the NBA right now."

"I saw Lew Alcindor, Austin Carr, Moses Malone, Alonzo Mourning, Albert King, Ralph Sampson and Patrick Ewing play in high school," said the Post's Thomas Boswell. "Now, I have two memories on my first impression top shelf. The man who became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Allen Iverson."

Iverson opened the 1994-95 season in Memphis, TN in a 97-79 loss to defending NCAA champion Arkansas, scoring 19 points. Six days later, he scored 31 in a nationally televised game with DePaul, followed by 30 four days later against Providence, leading the team in scoring 22 times that season. His only game under double figures for the season (and his career) was a game where he played only ten minutes in a loss at Villanova, a game Georgetown coach John Thompson threatened to forfeit when a group of Villanova students paraded through the Spectrum in black and white-striped prison garb, with a sign comparing Iverson to O.J. Simpson.

"You accept certain ribbing, but there is a line," Thompson said after the game. "I can condone any Christian university sitting and watching that happen...If that happens [again], I going to walk. It that simple." Such fan behavior was not seen thereafter.

Later in the season, with President Bill Clinton in attendance, Iverson scored 26 as the Hoyas routed Villanova, 77-52. He followed it up with 21 to beat Syracuse, 28 versus St. John's, 31 in a Big East tournament opener with Miami (a game that saw Iverson outscore the entire Hurricane team at the end of the first half), and 27 versus Connecticut in the semis. In the NCAA regional, he scored 24 in the loss, but held Jeff McInnis to 1 for 8 shooting. By season's end, Allen Iverson had been named Big East Player of the Week nine times, Rookie of the Year, a second team all-conference selection, and honorable mention All-America recipient. Having led the Hoyas in points and steals en route to the school's first NCAA regional appearance since 1989, Iverson was already a star. By 1996, he would become nothing less than a sensation.

The leaser of a talented team that featured four future NBA stars, Allen Iverson dominated the 1995-96 season as no Hoya has done before or since. Adept at the crossover dribble that became his NBA trademark, lightning quick to the basket, and able to score on opponents at will, Iverson was largely unstoppable. Even more impressive was an effort to improve his shooting touch, for despite averaging 20.4 points as a freshman in 1994-95 (2nd all time for a Georgetown rookie), Iverson only shot 39 percent from the field, 23 percent from three, and 19 percent from three in Big East play. For his sophomore season, his field shooting increased to 48 percent, his three point mark to 36 percent. The results were striking.

In the pre-season NIT versus Temple, Iverson shot 50 percent for 24 points and a career high 10 rebounds. After a 23 point effort against Georgia Tech, he scored a career high 40 against Arizona, one of two 40+ point games that season. In Big East play, Iverson could ring up points with ease, such as the game where he scored 21 points in only 20 minutes against Rutgers.

In the final three months of the season, Iverson led the team in 21 of the team's 25 games: 40 against Seton Hall, 39 against St. John's, 34 against Providence. He scored 30 in a wild win over Memphis, and followed it up two nights later with 26 in an upset of #3 Connecticut. For the game, Iverson totalled 26 points, 8 steals, and 6 assists, including a soaring dunk past Ray Allen and the Huskies. It was the highest ranked team any Georgetown team had defeated since 1988. His best performance of the season might have been a 37 point, 8 rebound, and three steal effort against #6 ranked Villanova, playing only 27 minutes. The 106-68 win represents the sixth largest margin of victory and the largest margin ever by a Georgetown team against a top 10 opponent.

Iverson was capable of an off game; unfortunately, two came at particularly inopportune times for the Hoyas' hopes for a national title. Entering the 1996 Big East Final with a #1 seed on the line, Iverson shot 4 for 15 and the Hoyas lost by one, 76-75. As a result of the loss, Georgetown was seeded #2 behind top ranked UMass, and in the regional final between the two teams Iverson struggled with a 6 for 21 effort in the loss. For the season, though, his statistics were astonishing: his 926 points broke the then-record by 124 points. He set new single season marks in field goals, field goal attempts, three pointers, three point attempts, steals, minutes, and scoring average (25.0), the latter of which ranked 7th in the nation that season. The Big East's defensive player of the year, he was named a consensus All-American amidst numerous other awards.

If he could somehow have stayed four years, Iverson undoubtedly would have shredded the Georgetown record books. But whatever hopes existed for Iverson to resist the lure of the NBA were short lived, particularly with the news that one of his sisters had fallen ill. Seeing the opportunity to take care of his family's medical needs, Iverson announced for the NBA draft soon after the end of his sophomore season, becoming the first Georgetown player in the Thompson era to do so. The compact that had bound so many great Hoya players to a four year commitment--from Ewing to Williams, Mourning to Mutombo--had now been broken.

The first pick in the 1996 NBA draft, Iverson signed a $3.9 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers and a ten year, $50 million deal with Reebok. His effort on the court is well known and respected, but for all the media portrayals of Iverson as the anti-hero, an icon of a "Hip Hop Nation" that ran counter to the NBA's carefully constructed marketing image, or as a symbol of all that is allegedly wrong in professional basketball, he remains remarkably well-grounded.

Married for six years and the father of two, Iverson is fiercely loyal to his teammates and to his childhood friends. He considered it an honor to play for the U.S. Olympic team in 2004 when other NBA stars passed on the offer, and maintains a number of charity events to benefit his local community. In comparison to his NBA career, his years at Georgetown were largely free of the intense media and personal scrutiny, providing at least two years where he could grow as a person as well as a basketball player.

His arrival and exit at Georgetown is still a source of debate in some circles, but his performance on the court is not. Allen Iverson found a home, even briefly, at the Hilltop, and remains one of its brightest stars. "In my heart, I know I'm a basketball player," Iverson said following his 2006 NBA trade, "being that I know I can play with the best of them."

From that first Kenner League game on 1994, no one has doubted it since.

For those who were there at McDonough Gymnasium on August 4, 1994, few will forget the arrival of a 6-0 freshman guard who needed no introduction. The rumors of Allen Iverson's arrival to the Kenner Summer League were true, and by game's end, Iverson had scored 40 points. By the Sunday afternoon final, before an overflow crowd inside the gym and a crowd of those outside who could not get in, Iverson finished a combined 99 point effort in three days against some of the best collegiate talent in the city. This, of course, from a player that had not played organized basketball in over a year.

The Allen Iverson years had begun.

A brief profile can't do justice to tell the story of one of the greatest pure athletes ever to attend Georgetown, a man without peer in his talent over two years at the collegiate level. Just a year before his Kenner debut, few would have imagined Allen Iverson ever playing college basketball.

Iverson was not only a 31 point a game guard for Bethel HS, but a football player of tremendous skill. As a quarterback and defensive back his sophomore season, he produced nearly 1,600 yards offense and 13 INT's. By his junior year, he accounted for 2,204 yards, 21 touchdowns by rush or interception, and 14 touchdown passes. In a region which has produced NFL quarterbacks such as Michael Vick and Aaron Brooks, there are those who will still say "Bubbachuck" Iverson was better than both of them. Schools such as Arkansas, Kentucky, Duke, and three dozen other top programs across two sports were vying for perhaps the greatest two-sport star the Tidewater had ever produced.

When he led Bethel to the state title, someone asked what it was like to win the title. "I'm going to get one in basketball now," which he did. In late February, 1993, en route to the state title he had promised, Iverson was one of a large group of Bethel teammates at a Hampton bowling alley when a fight broke out between students from rival schools trading racial insults. Three people were hurt in the aftermath. Despite conflicting testimony from eyewitnesses and no clear evidence linking him to the crime, Iverson was one of four black students arrested.

Racial tensions were heightened when the prosecutors passed on a misdemeanor assault charge and charged Iverson with three counts of felony "maiming by mob", which carried a 20 year prison sentence. Despite video evidence which did not place Iverson in the crowd at the time of the fight, he was convicted in a racially charged case.

The 20 year sentence was later reduced to five, and Iverson was granted clemency by Gov. Douglas Wilder three months later, sending Iverson to a detention program at an alternative high school. (The original charges were thrown out by the Virginia court of appeals in 1995.)

In the spring of 1994, with Iverson still in detention, his mother approached John Thompson with a plea to help her son get to college and start a new chapter of his life. Though Thompson had passed on a number of troubled players in the past, he offered Iverson a scholarship in April of that season, contingent upon his completion of high school and his legal release, which was granted 48 hours before his Kenner debut.

By his debut in a Georgetown uniform in November 1994, Iverson had been the subject of intense national media attention. In the Hoyas' annual exhibition with Fort Hood, Iverson scored 36 points, five assists, and three steals in 23 minutes. Local columnists were in awe.

"Hang his number up in the rafters," wrote Tom Knott of the Washington Times. "He's better than most of the point guards in the NBA right now."

"I saw Lew Alcindor, Austin Carr, Moses Malone, Alonzo Mourning, Albert King, Ralph Sampson and Patrick Ewing play in high school," said the Post's Thomas Boswell. "Now, I have two memories on my first impression top shelf. The man who became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Allen Iverson."

Iverson opened the 1994-95 season in Memphis, TN in a 97-79 loss to defending NCAA champion Arkansas, scoring 19 points. Six days later, he scored 31 in a nationally televised game with DePaul, followed by 30 four days later against Providence, leading the team in scoring 22 times that season. His only game under double figures for the season (and his career) was a game where he played only ten minutes in a loss at Villanova, a game Georgetown coach John Thompson threatened to forfeit when a group of Villanova students paraded through the Spectrum in black and white-striped prison garb, with a sign comparing Iverson to O.J. Simpson.

"You accept certain ribbing, but there is a line," Thompson said after the game. "I can condone any Christian university sitting and watching that happen...If that happens [again], I going to walk. It that simple." Such fan behavior was not seen thereafter.

Later in the season, with President Bill Clinton in attendance, Iverson scored 26 as the Hoyas routed Villanova, 77-52. He followed it up with 21 to beat Syracuse, 28 versus St. John's, 31 in a Big East tournament opener with Miami (a game that saw Iverson outscore the entire Hurricane team at the end of the first half), and 27 versus Connecticut in the semis. In the NCAA regional, he scored 24 in the loss, but held Jeff McInnis to 1 for 8 shooting. By season's end, Allen Iverson had been named Big East Player of the Week nine times, Rookie of the Year, a second team all-conference selection, and honorable mention All-America recipient. Having led the Hoyas in points and steals en route to the school's first NCAA regional appearance since 1989, Iverson was already a star. By 1996, he would become nothing less than a sensation.

The leaser of a talented team that featured four future NBA stars, Allen Iverson dominated the 1995-96 season as no Hoya has done before or since. Adept at the crossover dribble that became his NBA trademark, lightning quick to the basket, and able to score on opponents at will, Iverson was largely unstoppable. Even more impressive was an effort to improve his shooting touch, for despite averaging 20.4 points as a freshman in 1994-95 (2nd all time for a Georgetown rookie), Iverson only shot 39 percent from the field, 23 percent from three, and 19 percent from three in Big East play. For his sophomore season, his field shooting increased to 48 percent, his three point mark to 36 percent. The results were striking.

In the pre-season NIT versus Temple, Iverson shot 50 percent for 24 points and a career high 10 rebounds. After a 23 point effort against Georgia Tech, he scored a career high 40 against Arizona, one of two 40+ point games that season. In Big East play, Iverson could ring up points with ease, such as the game where he scored 21 points in only 20 minutes against Rutgers.

In the final three months of the season, Iverson led the team in 21 of the team's 25 games: 40 against Seton Hall, 39 against St. John's, 34 against Providence. He scored 30 in a wild win over Memphis, and followed it up two nights later with 26 in an upset of #3 Connecticut. For the game, Iverson totalled 26 points, 8 steals, and 6 assists, including a soaring dunk past Ray Allen and the Huskies. It was the highest ranked team any Georgetown team had defeated since 1988. His best performance of the season might have been a 37 point, 8 rebound, and three steal effort against #6 ranked Villanova, playing only 27 minutes. The 106-68 win represents the sixth largest margin of victory and the largest margin ever by a Georgetown team against a top 10 opponent.

Iverson was capable of an off game; unfortunately, two came at particularly inopportune times for the Hoyas' hopes for a national title. Entering the 1996 Big East Final with a #1 seed on the line, Iverson shot 4 for 15 and the Hoyas lost by one, 76-75. As a result of the loss, Georgetown was seeded #2 behind top ranked UMass, and in the regional final between the two teams Iverson struggled with a 6 for 21 effort in the loss. For the season, though, his statistics were astonishing: his 926 points broke the then-record by 124 points. He set new single season marks in field goals, field goal attempts, three pointers, three point attempts, steals, minutes, and scoring average (25.0), the latter of which ranked 7th in the nation that season. The Big East's defensive player of the year, he was named a consensus All-American amidst numerous other awards.

If he could somehow have stayed four years, Iverson undoubtedly would have shredded the Georgetown record books. But whatever hopes existed for Iverson to resist the lure of the NBA were short lived, particularly with the news that one of his sisters had fallen ill. Seeing the opportunity to take care of his family's medical needs, Iverson announced for the NBA draft soon after the end of his sophomore season, becoming the first Georgetown player in the Thompson era to do so. The compact that had bound so many great Hoya players to a four year commitment--from Ewing to Williams, Mourning to Mutombo--had now been broken.

The first pick in the 1996 NBA draft, Iverson signed a $3.9 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers and a ten year, $50 million deal with Reebok. His effort on the court is well known and respected, but for all the media portrayals of Iverson as the anti-hero, an icon of a "Hip Hop Nation" that ran counter to the NBA's carefully constructed marketing image, or as a symbol of all that is allegedly wrong in professional basketball, he remains remarkably well-grounded.

Married for six years and the father of two, Iverson is fiercely loyal to his teammates and to his childhood friends. He considered it an honor to play for the U.S. Olympic team in 2004 when other NBA stars passed on the offer, and maintains a number of charity events to benefit his local community. In comparison to his NBA career, his years at Georgetown were largely free of the intense media and personal scrutiny, providing at least two years where he could grow as a person as well as a basketball player.

His arrival and exit at Georgetown is still a source of debate in some circles, but his performance on the court is not. Allen Iverson found a home, even briefly, at the Hilltop, and remains one of its brightest stars. "In my heart, I know I'm a basketball player," Iverson said following his 2006 NBA trade, "being that I know I can play with the best of them."

From that first Kenner League game on 1994, no one has doubted it since.