Oh well, then if they get killed. They sought it out and if they kill the people, the opposition also has guns. Pull the trigger quicker
Also note Pirates don't have some sort of organisational banner where they vote on a rules of conduct. They are all mostly Independent of one another
I'm not sure what you want me to say.
Nothing really. I just wanted to say that I didn't agree with (what I thought to be) your approval of the Somali pirates. That's all.
So you think a bunch of people risking their necks to make some money in one of the poorest, most malnourished, most fucked-up countries in the world (yes, through armed robbery/kidnapping) are to be blamed more than billionaire magnates who won't shell out the cash to make sure their employees are safe or ruling-class politicians depriving the common worker of their natural right to armed self-defense? If that's your ethical analysis that's fine, but it ain't mine.
I thought you said that international law prevented the arming of civilian ships?
I blame the shipping companies for not providing armed security on ships traversing these waters and international treaties that prevent the sailors from going armed, more than anything else.
It seems to me that if the companies aren't able to provide armed support on account of these laws, then it's not entirely their fault. But in any case, yes, I still think the pirates are worse than the companies, as they are the aggressors, in addition to the fact that it's their doing that means that the people on these ships are in danger in the first place.
That Maersk ship was property of the US Navy?
I'm not familiar with the specifics. It was a while ago I read about it. But in any case, those are peripheral details. The pirates attacked those ships, and the people on them defended themselves and the ship.
Surely someone like you, who believes in self-defense, wouldn't take issue with other people merely for defending themselves and the property of others from violent, marauding bandits? Granted, these people may live difficult lives in a broke, ramshackle country, but I personally don't think that justifies, in any way, what these people do.
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