Originally posted by ToneDeaf
Originally posted by hippomchippo
I didn't know having pollution on your shores allows you to attack other nations fishing vessels.
If you call demanding restitution by the only defensive means
available (ransom) as "attacking" so be it.
If you do not want to pay the toll then stay in international waters !
To the Somalis it is defensive preservation.
In how many instances have Somalis drowned russians,israelis,
brits and ecologically did harm by burning and dumping ships ?
Please do tell.
Kidnapping and ransoms against chinese fishing boats is not defense.
It is a tragedy what happened to Somalia, but it never justifies piracy.
