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The Blackwater vs. pirates scenario I was worried about is becoming a reality. Yet another place on Earth for mercenaries to get paid to act with total disregard for human rights.

Date: 2010-03-24 11:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rhonan.livejournal.com
I respect the grand traditions of piracy. I have no problem with private security guards using pirates found in the act of piracy for target practice. Now, were they to get pro-active, and start attacking suspected pirates on land, I'd have major human rights objections.

Date: 2010-03-25 02:13 am (UTC)

Date: 2010-03-25 06:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alobar.livejournal.com
Actually, I am very much in favor or Ron Paul's idea.

Date: 2010-03-25 06:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com
I don't have any objection to ships hiring a private security guard or two; any pirate who steps onto a ship with ill intent is entirely fair game.

What worries me is the likelihood -- make that the certainty -- that non-pirate civilians are going to get killed by mercenaries. On the open sea there's no one to stop them from shooting up or raping a bunch of people out fishing and claiming they're pirates. And there's no accountability for such atrocities after the fact.

Date: 2010-03-25 06:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alobar.livejournal.com
There is always a worst case scenario. People who rape and kill on the high seas are governed by the same (lack of) law as governs those who are now pirating.

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