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Yeah, this is the agreement outlawing privateering. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_D ... ritime_Law
They could revoke it or create a special mechanism, of course.
But I think the current sanctions are probably enough already. Oligarchs want to be swanning around the Med and Caribbean, not holed up in Vladivostok.
They could revoke it or create a special mechanism, of course.
But I think the current sanctions are probably enough already. Oligarchs want to be swanning around the Med and Caribbean, not holed up in Vladivostok.
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KAJ wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 6:18 pmWikipedia 21st-century American reconsideration of letters of marqueMillennie Al wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 3:55 amSo you would dispense with the rule of law and human rights?Herainestold wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 9:02 pmThe EU, UK, US and other sanctioning entities should issue letters of marque and reprisal against the Oligarch yachts, allowing all those on the high seas to capture them and dispose of their contents.
In February of 2022, House bill H.R. 6869 was introduced, and if passed would "[authorize] the President to issue letters of marque and reprisal" in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[45]
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I suspect "if passed" is doing a lot of work there.
It was introduced by a Texas Republican, and of course even if passed there's no guarantee the president would actually use it.
Not clear to me what problem is meant to be solved by outsourcing maritime law enforcement to the private sector?
It was introduced by a Texas Republican, and of course even if passed there's no guarantee the president would actually use it.
Not clear to me what problem is meant to be solved by outsourcing maritime law enforcement to the private sector?
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There's more to the law than that, but far more seriously, you have failed to address the issue of human rights. You advocate permanent deprivation of assets without trial.Herainestold wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 3:52 pmLetters of marque have always been issued in accordance with law. Confiscated goods are apportioned after adjudication by an Admiralty court.Millennie Al wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 3:55 amSo you would dispense with the rule of law and human rights?Herainestold wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 9:02 pmThe EU, UK, US and other sanctioning entities should issue letters of marque and reprisal against the Oligarch yachts, allowing all those on the high seas to capture them and dispose of their contents.
It is as lawful as sanctions.
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Not only a Republican in a Democrat-controlled House, but a Republican who isn't on the Foreign Affairs Committee and who hasn't been able to find even one cosponsor.Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 12:00 amI suspect "if passed" is doing a lot of work there.
It was introduced by a Texas Republican, and of course even if passed there's no guarantee the president would actually use it.
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Ah well. At least he tried.bolo wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 1:48 amNot only a Republican in a Democrat-controlled House, but a Republican who isn't on the Foreign Affairs Committee and who hasn't been able to find even one cosponsor.Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 12:00 amI suspect "if passed" is doing a lot of work there.
It was introduced by a Texas Republican, and of course even if passed there's no guarantee the president would actually use it.
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There's no human right to be a billionaire. I'm in favour of expropriating all assets over a billionMillennie Al wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 1:23 amThere's more to the law than that, but far more seriously, you have failed to address the issue of human rights. You advocate permanent deprivation of assets without trial.Herainestold wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 3:52 pmLetters of marque have always been issued in accordance with law. Confiscated goods are apportioned after adjudication by an Admiralty court.Millennie Al wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 3:55 am
So you would dispense with the rule of law and human rights?
It is as lawful as sanctions.
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Have you never seen Dog the Bounty Hunter?Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 12:00 amI suspect "if passed" is doing a lot of work there.
It was introduced by a Texas Republican, and of course even if passed there's no guarantee the president would actually use it.
Not clear to me what problem is meant to be solved by outsourcing maritime law enforcement to the private sector?
There should at least be some cheap and nasty TV out of it.
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But you re advocating something which goes much further than that - that private individuals would be authorised to kill people and take property with no trial and without the victims having broken any law. There have been many examples through history of privatised tax collection, which is merely the latter, and it is associated with corruption, abuses, and injustice. And even if you're so consumed by envy that you're happy for a billionaire to be killed while trying to prevent their property being taken, the method you advocate will result in their staff and innocent bystanders being killed or injured as well.Herainestold wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 2:35 amThere's no human right to be a billionaire. I'm in favour of expropriating all assets over a billionMillennie Al wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 1:23 amThere's more to the law than that, but far more seriously, you have failed to address the issue of human rights. You advocate permanent deprivation of assets without trial.Herainestold wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 3:52 pmLetters of marque have always been issued in accordance with law. Confiscated goods are apportioned after adjudication by an Admiralty court.
It is as lawful as sanctions.
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I didn't say they should be killed. I just said their assets should be confiscated.Millennie Al wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:38 amBut you re advocating something which goes much further than that - that private individuals would be authorised to kill people and take property with no trial and without the victims having broken any law. There have been many examples through history of privatised tax collection, which is merely the latter, and it is associated with corruption, abuses, and injustice. And even if you're so consumed by envy that you're happy for a billionaire to be killed while trying to prevent their property being taken, the method you advocate will result in their staff and innocent bystanders being killed or injured as well.Herainestold wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 2:35 amThere's no human right to be a billionaire. I'm in favour of expropriating all assets over a billionMillennie Al wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 1:23 am
There's more to the law than that, but far more seriously, you have failed to address the issue of human rights. You advocate permanent deprivation of assets without trial.
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Nice Snake Island reference in the documentation for this seizing of a yacht.
https://twitter.com/mike_eckel/status/1 ... 5WY3xk2oHw
https://twitter.com/mike_eckel/status/1 ... 5WY3xk2oHw
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How do you think physical assets get confiscated against wishes of the owner - who is rich enough to employ armed security guards?Herainestold wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 4:57 amI didn't say they should be killed. I just said their assets should be confiscated.Millennie Al wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:38 amBut you re advocating something which goes much further than that - that private individuals would be authorised to kill people and take property with no trial and without the victims having broken any law. There have been many examples through history of privatised tax collection, which is merely the latter, and it is associated with corruption, abuses, and injustice. And even if you're so consumed by envy that you're happy for a billionaire to be killed while trying to prevent their property being taken, the method you advocate will result in their staff and innocent bystanders being killed or injured as well.Herainestold wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 2:35 am
There's no human right to be a billionaire. I'm in favour of expropriating all assets over a billion
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Can't believe "bring back piracy" is getting serious discussion lol
I'd watch that show, though
I'd watch that show, though
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I'm sure that Abramovich himself will be at the helm of his vessel and the privateers will make him walk the plank.dyqik wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 6:15 pmHow do you think physical assets get confiscated against wishes of the owner - who is rich enough to employ armed security guards?Herainestold wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 4:57 amI didn't say they should be killed. I just said their assets should be confiscated.Millennie Al wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:38 am
But you re advocating something which goes much further than that - that private individuals would be authorised to kill people and take property with no trial and without the victims having broken any law. There have been many examples through history of privatised tax collection, which is merely the latter, and it is associated with corruption, abuses, and injustice. And even if you're so consumed by envy that you're happy for a billionaire to be killed while trying to prevent their property being taken, the method you advocate will result in their staff and innocent bystanders being killed or injured as well.
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I mean the UK's signed a treaty not to do this sort of thing, but the US hasn't...any of our American friends on here want to secure a letter of marque so we can go on a cutting out expedition? We shouldn't sell the bear's skin before we have the bird in the bush, but the Russians are sitting there pleased as Pontius Pilate, and there's a great deal to be said for making hay while the iron's hot.Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 7:24 pmCan't believe "bring back piracy" is getting serious discussion lol
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I'm pretty sure that's a recipe for wildfires.EACLucifer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:33 pmI mean the UK's signed a treaty not to do this sort of thing, but the US hasn't...any of our American friends on here want to secure a letter of marque so we can go on a cutting out expedition? We shouldn't sell the bear's skin before we have the bird in the bush, but the Russians are sitting there pleased as Pontius Pilate, and there's a great deal to be said for making hay while the iron's hot.Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 7:24 pmCan't believe "bring back piracy" is getting serious discussion lol
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List of oligarchs who have recently been found dead in unusual circumstances
https://twitter.com/ralakbar/status/151 ... vuhsM7tnWw
https://twitter.com/ralakbar/status/151 ... vuhsM7tnWw
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Scheherazade - the superyacht thought to belong to VVP himself - has been impounded by Italian authorities.
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Lol, named after the woman who tells the tyrannical autocrat all the made up fairy stories he wants to hear in order for him not to kill her? How fitting
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Length of warship that was rumoured hit yesterday: 409 feet
Length of Putin's alleged super yacht: 459 feet
Sums up why they lost the war - spent the nation's resources on toys for the thieves.
Length of Putin's alleged super yacht: 459 feet
Sums up why they lost the war - spent the nation's resources on toys for the thieves.
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Have you considered stupidity as an explanation
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Another dead Russian rich guy https://twitter.com/billbrowder/status/ ... sJDmgdsOsg
Edited to delete “billionaire” as it’s not clear he was
Edited to delete “billionaire” as it’s not clear he was
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There is probably heightened in-fighting among the ruling classes in Russia as there is rather suddenly a smaller pie to divide, and many pie distribution routes have been shut down.Stranger Mouse wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 3:27 pmAnother dead Russian rich guy https://twitter.com/billbrowder/status/ ... sJDmgdsOsg
Edited to delete “billionaire” as it’s not clear he was
There are a number of reasons such people end up dead. A perusal of Catherine Belton's book "Putin's People" would suggest the two main reasons are:
They are refusing to provide the level of tribute currently required by their ruler, or have otherwise acted disloyally.
They represent some kind of a threat, for example possessing sensitive information that they may be at risk of using.