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minus-squareFlowVoid@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoIf you tried to transport a kilo of Mexican cocaine through another country and were caught, do you really think Mexico would get its cocaine back?
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 years agoSo America owns the oceans blue?
minus-squareFlowVoid@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoNo, but they control what happens aboard ships that fly American flags. Do you think the ocean is some sort of lawless no man’s land, where captains do as they please with crew and passengers? Well, it isn’t. The ship has a flag, and while aboard you follow the laws of that flag.
If you tried to transport a kilo of Mexican cocaine through another country and were caught, do you really think Mexico would get its cocaine back?
So America owns the oceans blue?
No, but they control what happens aboard ships that fly American flags.
Do you think the ocean is some sort of lawless no man’s land, where captains do as they please with crew and passengers?
Well, it isn’t. The ship has a flag, and while aboard you follow the laws of that flag.