Re: Letters of marque

At 12:00 AM +1100 1/13/02, Derek Fulton wrote:
>Also while I remember, it might be pertinent to the general 
>discussion is that sometimes it is the navy of a nation state that 
>acts like pirates, thinking to the incidents involving the Chinese 
>navy and boats which were off China, but in international waters.

And what do those vessels usually bother? I'd be quite surprised if 
they even looked at a 1st or 2nd world vessel sideways.

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