Posted on 02/14/2010 4:15:21 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
“It slightly smacks of vigilantism to me,” said Tony Mason, secretary general of the International Chamber of Shipping and International Shipping Federation.”
And then he went home to have his mommy change his diapers.
Sounds like a good idea to me
Why is this different from hiring an armed guard that might accidentally shoot someone he did not intend to shoot?
Well I don't know where to start with all that is wrong with that statement.
“As the world struggles to stop piracy in the waters off the coast of Africa and the Middle East...”
This is such a BS statement. The West has the means to stop piracy very, very easily but it does lack the will. Sure, we can stop an enemy sub or battleship but we can’t stop a dinghy full of jihadis? Give me a break!
The poor fool is obviously from some country which disarmed its law-abiding citizens generations ago.
Perhaps the govts should have done something if they don’t like this. Instead they will try to stop these companies from providing this service.
Sounds just like hiring ordinary security guards, except it’s on sea rather than on land. The guards won’t draw unless a threat is seen, and it usually inspires the threat to have somewhere else to go.
“You can’t go on the high seas, just like you can’t go on the streets of London, and shoot people likely to do harm to you.”
Which is why I THANK GOD that I’m a US citizen and not a UK subject!
its just another form of wealth re-distribution.
Ditto! As long as they just shoot pirates, why not!
Duty like this would be a piece of cake for whatever they call Blackwater now.
If I had the money I’d set up a sleeper ship that looks very innocent but inside of it is loaded with all sorts of goodies that can pop up on short notice and devastate any piss-ant pirates doing jihad on the open seas. When they attack sink them, leave no survivors, and track down the mother ship with a UAV and sink that one, too!
It’s very simple. You take the war to the jihadis instead of letting them take it to you.
What about legal issues arising from innocent travelers being killed due to a LACK of security????
There is no obligation to maintain victim status, simply because SELF-DEFENSE makes some group of pansies uncomfortable!
If you are a bandit seeking to assault me then YOU should be perpared to die and no amount of “disapproval” or debate about tactics will deter me.
Seems this whole piracy issue could be solved by installing an M-2 on board, 100,000 rounds, and having a couple sailors trained in its use.
They’re called Q ships.
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