"Sorry, it wouldn't solve anything, it would just mean that he was a murderer."
As rh200 said but
I would add, let them open fire or brandish weapons in a threatening manner
first, then you have legal right to defend.
If the Australian Gov't can "stem" the flow of refugee boats by playing hard line on policy, with the reverse effect after they relaxed the policy, imagine how it would shut off refugees if a few boats were sunk.
I reckon if you apply the same criteria to the Pirates and they stopped returning to home port, they would stop heading out.
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