Greenpiss.
Bloody Greenpiss, incessantly spamming my Facebook to get me to sign a petition to release a bunch of eco-Terrorist Pirates.
Grrrrrrr!
Let's just cover the relevant facts:
a) Greenpiss tried to ram 2 separate Яussiaп ships at sea (although Greenpiss
initially denied this, subsequent video footage has forced them to declare it was
"Accidental Tapping" or "A Slight Nudge" some such nonsense).
b) They deliberately violated a 500m exclusion zone around a Яussiaп
Rig.
c) They tried to scale and board a foreign rig in foreign waters
d) They were arrested for Piracy
Now, The British will have it that "You come over here, you want to live here, you live by our laws or suffer the consequences". However, it seems that only applies in the UK as when Brits go abroad, they believe they are immune to foreign laws in foreign lands written up by foreign savages. As such, Brits are not subject to them and should be set free from unjustified imprisonment.
Newsflash! The world don't actually work that way! You go to another country, you you abide by their laws or face the consequences. OK, the Government may step in if you're facing a Death Penalty, but they're not there to give you a get-out-of-jail-free card because you're British and subject only to British Rule..
"But Xym, they were making a peaceful protest!"
"And how do you make that out?"
"Well, they didn't have guns. And since when has scaling a rig been illegal? What weapons did they have? Rope? Were they gunna hang the Яuskies then?"
Oh, you've conveniently forget to mention the pre-rig invasion RAMMING OF ЯUSSIAП VESSELS! Like a car, a ship can be used as a weapon, like when used to ram another vessel. And scaling foreign property has always been illegal. Theoretically, if them Яuskies were being a bit belligerent and cold-war-y, such an invasion could be seen as a declaration of war. Then what - WWIII, and your saving the planet will have resulted in it being nuked to apocalysian desolation.
This was NOT a peaceful protest - it was an attack, invasion, and occupation. They should count themselves lucky they were arrested and not shot.
"Yebbut - they're not Pirates, are they! So they should be released!"
eh, whut? They should be released because although driving at other ships and trespassing on another country's soil without permission is a criminal offense, they don't sport a peg-leg, eye patch, a tankard of grog and say "Arrrrrrr" a lot?
Anyhow, it's a moot point, as Articles 101 the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea defines Piracy thus:
Article 101
Definition of piracy
Piracy consists of any of the following acts:
(a) any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for
private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft,
and directed—
(i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property
on board such ship or aircraft;
(ii) against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of
any State;
(b) any act of voluntary participation in the operation of a ship or of an aircraft with
knowledge of facts making it a pirate ship or aircraft;
(c) any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described in sub
paragraph (a) or (b).
And Greenpiss's actions in light of this? Well...
● Illegal act of violence or detention, or any act of depredation? Ramming a couple of
"enemy" ships is certainly violent and illegal.
● Committed for private ends? Well, their aim is to stop the Яussiaп Rig from drilling,
and the invasion of the rig was for their own private ends.
● by the crew or passengers of a private ship? Yep - not a commercial vessel but a
private vessel owned by Greenpiss.
● directed on the high seas against another ship or aircraft, or persons or property on
board? Well, they tried to ram 2 ships, endangering it's crew & property.
● against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any
State; Debatable. Some claim it's internation waters, Яussiaп waters, or non-State
waters. But their actions were directed at foreign property, to whit; a Яussiaп rig.
So, by United Nations law (let alone Яussiaп, Martitime and any other law), they are Pirates! And those not responsible for the violent ramming attack and subsequent scaling, why, they fall foul of clauses (b) and (c).
"But they're nothing like Somalian Pirates!"
eh, whut? (again). Who said anything about Somanlian pirates! They are Pirates for violently ramming a vessel and subsequently illegally boarding another! Just because they're not armed with cutlasses and pistols doesn't make them any less piratey!
And some of them, some of the Greenpiss lot are enraged over the Brit! Why, they say, She's a freelance journalist! She wasn't even on the boat! (so how did she get arrested then, if she weren't there? Oh, she's a Brit. Therefore innocent and not subject to Johnny Foreigners law!).
Then they say they never violated the 500m exclusion zone (then how did they manage to scale the rig from over 500m away?)
Put it this way - if you were Captain Phillips, and some Somalis rammed your boat then tried to clamber aboard... would you shoot them in the face, arrest them, or just let them go about their thievery without any further challenge and not even report it?
Or another analogy - you're driving home. Suddenly, a car pulls alongside and tries to run you off the road. Getting home, you find their friends scaling your fences and trying to break in. Do you ring the cops? Shoot them in the back as they flee like Tony Martin? Or do you just shrug and say "hey ho, it's all peaceful, let them get on with it". And if the neighbors ring the police and arrest those occupying your home, would you arrange a petition to excuse them on some moral grounds?
Moral grounds my arse! If we went round demanding release of prisoners on moral grounds there's be no prisoners!
Greenpiss could make an argument that Anders Breivik (if he hadn't released his manifesto against the Muslimification of Norway) should be release on moral grounds. After all, humans emit CO2, which is killing the Ozone layer. His culling of the overpopulated Earth, thus reducing CO2 emissions, is Saving The Planet, and he should be released for taking the moral stance of bravely taking the necessary step to reduce the number of those who are wasting our natural oxygen resources! What a hero!
Even more morally - they should campaign for the release of The Yorkshire Ripper. After all, God told him to cleanse the Earth of sin and prozzies, and who can argue against The Word of God? You can't get a more moral cause than divine intervention itself!
Anyhoo, these terrorists (sorry, I forgot "Activists" is the polite term for non-Muslim terrorists) are NOT saving the planet. True, they are trying to conserve natural resources as they will run out, but this has no effect on the actual planet.
It has an effect on mankind, as we won't be able to rely on the availability of those resources, but the actual planet will go on.
In fact, the bigger danger to the actual planet is those who try and combat Climate Change. Climate change is a known fact, and the Earth has a cyclic rhythm when such shifts occur. Now, if you try and interfere with Earth's natural cycle, THEN you are directly trying to impact the planet to mankind's benefit, not the Planet's.
If anything, people should be investing in ways to adapt to climate change, not combat or prevent it.
Not that it matters, as Gaia will continue her cycle regardless. Unless Science finds a way to alter the Axis/Rotation/orbit of Earth, and then we're truly fucked, as Earth becomes secondary to Man.
So, no. I won't be voting to Free The Pirates. Especially as the same lot were cautioned and deported t'other year by the Яussiaпs or attempting a similar stunt, so it's not like they weren't warned. They knew what they were getting into, so stop whining about it!
That said, I would vote to free them though, on the condition they could guarantee me a date with one of these two top Pirate wenches!
Phwoarsville. "I'd Tap That", I believe the common parlance is. or XymWantsOneOfThose.cum. or something, And the hot hippy chick on the right (Alex) is the Britbabe from Devon! I wonder if I can get the two of them released into my personal custody...
Better than being imprisoned in a Яussiaп gangrapey gulag...
...well, probably not.
And if I ever see you here again, Faiza Oulahsen... hoo-hoo, I'll lock you in my Fungeon!
Here, have some Candy, little girl...
