geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlM to Inventing Reality@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoPiracy for thee unless aligned with BBClemmy.mlimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1341arrow-down15
arrow-up1336arrow-down1imagePiracy for thee unless aligned with BBClemmy.mlgeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlM to Inventing Reality@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square25linkfedilink
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minus-squareHiddenLayer555@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-23 months ago If a military force acting under government orders board a vessel it is never piracy. It is an act of war. (Directed at the BBC who absolutely does not seem to realise)
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·3 months agoThe circled word isn’t “pirate”, it’s “hijack”. Though, it would also work, since I don’t see the us being called corsairs either.
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minus-squaremathemachristian[he]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·3 months ago I’m still struggling to think of what else a pirate does to a vessel other than hijack it. they board it ☝️😃
minus-squaremathemachristian[he]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·3 months agoThe US didn’t hijack those ships, it boarded them
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minus-squaremathemachristian[he]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months agohijack: to take control of an aircraft or other vehicle during a journey, especially using violence. what definition are you going by?
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minus-squareNimux2@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·3 months agoIt doesn’t say that the somalis “pirated” the ship, but hijacked it. Whether it constitutes piracy or not isn’t the question here.
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minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down5·3 months agoInternational law isn’t real.
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minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoInternational law is a fairy tale for adults.
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minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoAh yes the old I like it so it exists approach. Very intelligent and mature. You’ve proven you are a very big smart man
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(Directed at the BBC who absolutely does not seem to realise)
The circled word isn’t “pirate”, it’s “hijack”. Though, it would also work, since I don’t see the us being called corsairs either.
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they board it ☝️😃
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The US didn’t hijack those ships, it boarded them
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hijack:
to take control of an aircraft or other vehicle during a journey, especially using violence.
what definition are you going by?
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It doesn’t say that the somalis “pirated” the ship, but hijacked it. Whether it constitutes piracy or not isn’t the question here.
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International law isn’t real.
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International law is a fairy tale for adults.
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Ah yes the old I like it so it exists approach. Very intelligent and mature. You’ve proven you are a very big smart man