Video: Royal Marines capture and sink pirate vessel

[Swoop]

Whatever dude.

Make as many supercilious comments as you like and be as "worried" as you like about people defending actions like these despite the legality, you're still not gonna convince me that the pirates got anything other than what they deserved.

[Timofei]

II just don't care whether it was legal or not.

The bottom line..
Next time it may be you..but don't complain...nobody cares.

[Swoop]

LOL.

I kinda doubt I'll ever be floating around the Gulf of Aden in a skiff with crate full of RPGs but ok.

[Angus]

Defending just the law. Well good luck Die Hard.

[Die Hard]

Thank you.

[mechanic]

I get you fine, I just don't care whether it was legal or not.

 
Exactly my sentiments!

[Apeotomy]

Do you like the idea of a state having unlimited liberty of action?

No?

[Die Hard]

They sure do. That's why Britain is what it is these days.





Surveillance state. Police state.

[Swoop]

I'm British, of course I do!


Mate, all states have unlimited liberty of action.  Treaties, international law, the UN.....it's all just paper, smoke and mirrors.  Any country can do whatever it likes at any time, there will just be consequences.

The consequences, for example, of Cuba sending out privateers to harrass American shipping would, I daresay, be a carrier battle group parked outside Guantanamo Bay with orders to sink anything not flying the stars and stripes.  So they don't do that.

The consequences of Britain capturing and sinking a Somali vessel strongly suspected (but not proven) of committing acts of piracy are........um.........gimme a min, I'm sure I'll think of something.

[Swoop]

Nope, I can't think of anything.

[Die Hard]

International ridicule for having to let them go?

[Swoop]

Oh yeah, there's that.    I think we can live with that.

But then if we had taken them into custody you could say we'd kidnapped foreign nationals as well.

[Apeotomy]

I'm British, of course I do!


Mate, all states have unlimited liberty of action.  Treaties, international law, the UN.....it's all just paper, smoke and mirrors.  Any country can do whatever it likes at any time, there will just be consequences.

The consequences, for example, of Cuba sending out privateers to harrass American shipping would, I daresay, be a carrier battle group parked outside Guantanamo Bay with orders to sink anything not flying the stars and stripes.  So they don't do that.

The consequences of Britain capturing and sinking a Somali vessel strongly suspected (but not proven) of committing acts of piracy are........um.........gimme a min, I'm sure I'll think of something.

Lets clear up some things. The state only has the liberty of action which the governed people allow it. No people, no state.

The consequence of Britain capturing and sinking a Somalian vessel (operating under sovereignty) who is "suspected" of commiting an act of piracy, Is an advance on the disestablishment of liberty.

Today it is, I suspect you of being a pirate therefore I destroy your property. Tomorrow it is "I suspect maybe/might/could/can/would act against me therefore to the gulag you go.

[trax1]

I really doubt that what the RN did would ever lead to anything other then more pirate ships and pirates having their guns & means of travel on the sea's taken away.

Even if what they did wasn't legally right, it was morally right.  It prevented the attack of another commercial ship in the area, and sent a message to other pirates in the area that the international community isn't going to put up with their actions anymore.

[Die Hard]

For the last time: It was legal.