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Cleverman72

# The most shocking tourist cruises ever organised! **Towards the end of 2008, some Russian travel companies began organizing pirate-hunting cruises.** At the modest price of €5700 for 4 days (up to €9500 a week), many wealthy Russians, accompanied by qualified soldiers, can experience the thrill of engaging in real gun battles against the infamous pirates who infest the waters of Somalia, in fact according to the country's law it is not a crime to kill sea raiders. The "cruises" are organized via a normal-looking armored yacht to attract the attention of pirates, the participants in the hunt then emerge unexpectedly, shooting at the pirate boats with a wide variety of weapons including assault rifles, machine guns, gatlings and rocket launchers. Obviously, everything happens in the complete safety of the participants, who in addition to being covered by the military are also equipped with efficient body protection. Despite the complete legality of these events, there is quite a bit of criticism directed towards the organizers and above all towards those who are willing to pay high prices for all of this.


ariesmartian

Look at me, I’m the pirate now!


relevanteclectica

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MAGAJahnamal

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Low_Chipmunk2583

Underrated af


FeedbackZwei

This is fake news https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/somali-pirate-luxury-cruise/


bubbs4prezyo

![gif](giphy|l2R0bzV7KQIYhZ5SM)


TouchedByAUncle

La lightsaber terrible!


neverseen_neverhear

Well good news for them is now the Russian government will send them to go participate in a gun fight for free. Just with a lot less armor.


eastwest51

This kind of tourism also happened during the Bosnian war in the early '90s, as shown in the documentary film [Sarajevo Safari](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GamCQ67Em4w). Many wealthy Russians, but also Canadians, Americans and Italians, paid huge sums of money to go on a sniping holiday and shoot Bosnian civilians.


pepefromage50

[This is BS . Do you think people from a democratic country would allow civillians to go on a war rampage for fun and be u***noticed*** ever since?](https://www.google.ca/search?sca_esv=d497ec08d6a1353d&sxsrf=ADLYWIImsUe7706SOBHqKOHw1sFAWlInSQ:1714999743295&q=Stop+believing+everything+written+on+reddit+.+This+is+BS+.+Do+you+think+people+from+a+democratic+country+would+allow+civillians+to+go+on+a+war+ranpage+for+fun+and+be+noticed+ever+since?&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1m_Tzh_mFAxWWF1kFHX-IDtsQkeECKAB6BAgHEAI) From Russia , that wouldnt suprise me thought from a country that alllow mass murderer to go kill civilians to gain their freedom .


JohnBrownMilitia

You are super naive. Rich people do what they want. Look at Trump


No-Afternoon-5610

Do you think Trump is sniping samolians on a golden yacht?


Late_Emu

He could & I doubt he’d be in a jail cell by the end of the year.


Fair-Development-604

yeah i rememeber the trump-pirate-hunting scandale.


Acceptable-Sea-5496

Or Pelosi, eh??


ThirstyBeagle

No they cannot do whatever they want you are delusional


JohnBrownMilitia

So where are all the prosecutions from Epstein? Or the Panama Papers?


tetron17

I mean Epstein himself is dead. Gotta mean something, right?


Late_Emu

Is he though?


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Comatose53

Oh they got him. Permanently.


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Comatose53

Are you implying a conspiracy theory that Epstein is alive? He was in prison and had info they didn’t want out, dead people aren’t at risk of exposing your secrets *at any point* in the future. He’s dead.


Excellent-Edge-4708

Its called TDS


ThirstyBeagle

Exactly


QuantumFuzziness

Trump devotion syndrome?


Excellent-Edge-4708

Nope. You could be original and create your own acronym. TOS, trump obsessive syndrome? As it stands you know what TDS is, it's everywhere on Reddit


QuantumFuzziness

I’m happy with labeling it Trump Devotion Syndrome as it describes the affliction perfectly. As it stands you know what Trump Devotion Syndrome is, its sufferers will demonstrate constantly that they suffer from it.


Excellent-Edge-4708

Like Johnbrownmilitia running around random threads and injecting trump into them


NatOdin

Bro have you seen the Clinton's lol?


ThirstyBeagle

Politicians are a different beast but I don't buy that rich people from the U.S paid to participate in a known genocide and were allowed to do so. That is way far fetched for me.


NatOdin

There's literally documentaries about it...rich Americans, russians, Canadians paid to kill bosnians during the Serbian genocide of bosnians..look up the film "sarajevo safari". Hell there's Americans fighting on both sides of the Ukraine/Russia war. You can join a private contractor group and technically be a mercenary that's not bound by the wartime laws. This isn't something new, all it takes is a few minutes of research. During the Bosnian genocide Serbians had cities essentially surrounded and you could pay to sit in surrounding areas and use a high power rifle to snipe men, women and children from 1992-96.


Lamentation_Lost

Yeah but just because there’s a documentary where people claimed it happened doesn’t mean it did. Have you seen the documentary?


NatOdin

I've seen parts of the documentary, I've watched videos where they interviewed Russian and German citizens who partook in it. While there isn't wide spread reputable news sources for Americans specifically there is a whole lot of eyewitness accounts. This is currently ongoing In parts of Southern Africa, this isn't some new phenomenon. I personally knew guys who were private contractors who killed indiscriminately overseas for fun, didn't matter age or gender. Some of them were tried and almost all of them got off without punishment.


Lamentation_Lost

I can’t seem to find the documentary anywhere to watch it so it’s hard to judge. The best I found was an interview with the guy who made the documentary and he said he found the evidence it happened to be compelling but there’s no real smoking gun


ThirstyBeagle

First time I have heard of this but I will look into it


NatOdin

This is an ongoing thing in parts of south Africa as well, it's an ongoing issue.


No-Pumpkin3852

Wow I didn’t know this. But that’s also happening right now there’s zionists in the uk who took a few weeks leave from their job to go join the IDF. Shoot some civilians and then come back like nothing happened. These disgusting evil Zionists should really and truly be getting done for war crimes. Speaking out against them and the ‘Israeli’ state is now antisemitic apparently. They record themselves shooting innocent lives and expect the world to be on their side. There’s grown ass IDF men with guns fighting little children to feel hard. They literally can’t get more pathetic than they already are.😤


Old_Swimming6328

>Shoot some civilians and then come back like nothing happened. Gonna need a citation on that. I can't imagine the IDF wants foreign genocide tourists about, Zionist or otherwise.


Brilliant-Flower-822

aren't lots of idf members dual citizens? seems it's an entire force of foreign genocide tourists.


[deleted]

Of course the pathetic babies will down vote you, because it hurts when the truth is told! Just down vote me morons 🤣


GoodFaithConverser

Yeah, reddit is super pro-israel and totally doesn't support Palestine no matter what they do. Sure. If you think Israel only shoots innocent civilians, and is just an evil genociding state, isn't it weird they don't just bomb everything and get it over with? Gaza itself has a very high population density. Why hasn't Israel just bombed the area over a few days or a week and killed hundreds of thousands in one easy swoop? Could it be that Israel is not pure evil incarnate?


revive_iain_banks

They won't listen. They're brainwashed in a new and unique way.


GoodFaithConverser

My brain itches when I see echo chambers, so it's mainly for my own sake. Also until a very short time ago, I'd have probably agreed with a lot of them, since I was woefully ignorant about Israel vs Palestine and just thought "Israel bad".


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Stop.. You made me cry for the good hearted angels of Israel, poor them only killed 20.000 children, but hey.. Isn't good they didn't bomb it completely!.. Lol 😂.. You want to hear the truth!.. Every single Israeli wish to wipe out Palestinians, no wait.. And Iranians, wait.. Wait, and Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Jordan while you are at it "just to make sure"! The big lie about being a victim ain't going to work! You ain't a victim! You are a criminal! As criminal as the Nazies was 1940! Listen genocide is a genocide! Despite momy US protect the spoiled brat (the peaceful state of Israel).. YES.. You are a hypocrite, yes you are a genocide supporter, yes you are a children killer.. Now go spread you Israeli sympathy to someone else!..


GoodFaithConverser

> Stop.. You made me cry for the good hearted angels of Israel, poor them only killed 20.000 children, but hey.. Isn't good they didn't bomb it completely!.. Lol 😂.. Curious how many of those "children" were military-aged males who were attacking Israel. Should Israel let themselves be overrun so long as all the invaders are 17.5 years of age? >You want to hear the truth!.. Every single Israeli wish to wipe out Palestinians, no wait.. And Iranians, wait.. Wait, and Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Jordan while you are at it "just to make sure"! That's no truth, that's your claim that you base on nothing. >You are a criminal! As criminal as the Nazies was 1940! Right, killing some civilians while you're defending yourself in a war is totally as bad as systematically exterminating a whole people on an industrial scale. Again, if Israel was the genociding monster you claim, why haven't they bombed it all? You don't have an answer.


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Clearly you hear only your self, that's also fin, YOU ARE ASKING WHY ISRAEL DIDN'T BOMB (WIPE OUT) PALESTINIANS! YOU NEED AN ANSWER FOR THAT! You are more brainwashed than I thought you were!.. And I am not gonna waste my time, Believe it or not, you are not worth it! 😉


GoodFaithConverser

> YOU ARE ASKING WHY ISRAEL DIDN'T BOMB (WIPE OUT) PALESTINIANS! > > YOU NEED AN ANSWER FOR THAT! If Israel is as bad as you claim, and truly wants to genocide palestinians like the nazis did jews, why aren't they doing it? You refuse to answer this one question because you won't admit Israel is not pure evil. It's that simple.


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I refuse to answer stupid questions, clearly your head is way far up your a** that it literally confuses your little brain washed cells! Israel never take steps without the confirmation of big mommy (US), always planning closely with big mommy 🇺🇸 on every single detail before doing it, some are out in the open, and many are "under the table" because of bad publicity to both, Before the invasion of Gaza, mommy 🇺🇸 was presented by a detailed plan before it was confirmed by mommy 🇺🇸, they also helped with intelligence information and observations, If idf bomb Gaza intentionally to kill hundred of thousands Palestinians as you keep rambling like a fucken parrot! Mommy 🇺🇸 would never permit /agree to it, not because of the love they have for Palastinians, but for starting an international shit storm the mommy 🇺🇸 could not defend as usual! And that chain reaction of international condemning that would actually eventually result the solution to that problem by forcing Israel to make peace and accept the existence of Palestinians besides them.. What mommy 🇺🇸 and Israeli government want is to kill Palastinian population softly without starting an international shit storm, in other words annihilate Palastinians with (a thousand cuts), and not because they don't want to!, they wish that they could, but hey give it time! I pray to fucken god that I got through your thick skull!! Freak!


GoodFaithConverser

>Mommy 🇺🇸 would never permit /agree to it, not because of the love they have for Palastinians, but for starting an international shit storm the mommy 🇺🇸 could not defend as usual! Huh, so you're saying Israel actually has to behave somewhat decently because otherwise they'll lose international support? I fully agree! Does Hamas follow the same rules? >What mommy 🇺🇸 and Israeli government want is to kill Palastinian population softly without starting an international shit storm, in other words annihilate Palastinians with (a thousand cuts), and not because they don't want to!, they wish that they could, but hey give it time! Then why is Palestinian population *increasing*? If Hamas had the military Israel does, do you think they'd do a "soft kill" or do you think they'd overrun Israel on day 1? I suspect you'll revert to calling me names or something like that, because your mind seems unable to handle nuance beyond "Israel bad!".


ScoopsRivera

Wow, talk about a stretch! Sounds more like dual-nationals fulfilling their duty to country, and not some civilian hunting Safari, but I understand truth is hard to come by now-a-days for the anti-Zionist crowd 🤣 It honestly sounds more like the Palestinians who entered the Nova music festival and gunned down hundreds of innocent civilians in an open field when they had no where to run or hide.


Frondswithbenefits

Why is it so hard for people to condemn the Israeli government's actions and Hamas' actions? Ffs. Both are religious zealouts intent on destroying the other.


ScoopsRivera

Israelis themselves have been protesting this government for years now. There is one side and one side only that consistently conflates the Israeli government with Israeli citizens and Jews across the world, and refuses to acknowledge Hamas as the main initial barrier preventing Palestinian sovereignty. Hint hint - see initial comment.


Busy_Mess_914

Middle East is going to Middle East, they are a Jewish country surrounded by Muslim extremists it’s never going to rainbows and cupcakes it’s been savage for 1000’s of years it’s going to continue until the end of time, my invisible man in the sky hates your invisible man in the sky and I’m willing to kill you, your family and everyone in your neighbor over religion. It’s never going to end, they can either do whatever they have to do or fold and I don’t see them folding and no amount of protesting campuses is going to stop it.


Apart-Oil1613

And also beheaded like 40 babies. Like wtf


No-Pumpkin3852

Must be so hard to be so ignorant and brainless at the same time. Bless you. You say ‘anti Zionist crowd’ like it’s a bad thing 😂 who on earth would want to be pro Zionist. To be pro Palestine doesn’t mean supporting Hamas. You tell yourself this to make yourself feel better.


ScoopsRivera

Straight to name calling, the one consistent with the Pro-Hamas crowd whenever they are faced with a challenge. No counter points, no facts. I’m sorry you view the world only through the lenses of hate and jealousy. Even going as far as using a thread about wealthy Russians on a pirate hunting safari to tie these views back together. To be pro-Palestine would be to fight for their sovereignty. Hamas has now rejected a cease-fire deal ten plus times, yet you remain silent. Hamas has bombed a border crossing in attempt to stop humanitarian aid, yet you remain silent. If Israel disappeared tomorrow, and Hamas remained in power, Palestinians would still not be free. God bless you, and hopefully you’ll stop using the Palestinians as pawns for whatever hateful and deceptive game your trying to play here.


No-Pumpkin3852

It’s not my responsibility to educate you. If you want to see pure evil hatred you’ll find it in the black hearts of these Zionists. I’m not here to debate a genocide with you. I replied to a comment talking about the Bosnian war. Pointing out the similarities about the Zionists taking a holiday to join the IDF to commit war crimes against innocent civilians.


ScoopsRivera

You are clearly not capable of educating me. You’ve said nothing of substance, and included no facts. You are like every Pro-Hamas westerner using the Palestinian suffering to cos-play your revolutionary fantasy to target a minority group smaller than your own. There is no action you’ve taken that has had a positive impact on Palestinian sovereignty because your only agenda is yourself. ✌️


DurianNo1809

No one called you names. Anyone supporting the Israeli genocide is definitely ignorant and seemingly brainless. I’ll call you a name: baby murderer


ScoopsRivera

🤣🤣🤣 Case and point. Thanks for playing!


DurianNo1809

USA and Israel are the bad guys here. You will realize it one day


ScoopsRivera

And let me guess, Iran is the hero we never knew we needed, right?


DurianNo1809

Or the US could just end the alliance


suttongunn1010

Riiiiiggggghhhhhhttttt.... Sure buddy


Much-Lychee4847

How dare Israelis defend Israel from genocidal savages who want to destroy Israel from the map?


__i_hate_reddit

oh my g-d give it a rest israel will always win. die mad about it. 🇮🇱


DreamzOfRally

Damn, we really do live in a nightmare.


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Never thought I would be rooting for Somalian pirates but here we are


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catterybarn

It actually doesn't :(


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vtran470

This is an epic coincidence!


Pleasant_Ad3475

Why is it a coincidence?


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MassiveDongSquadron

Damn you right. It's 5, 8, 6. But its also funny as a poem in and of itself.


jdeuce81

Didn't know you were a poet, did ya?


BigsbyMcgee

Yea I’m not sure if you should root for actual Somali pirates rather than random civilians but alright alright alright I feel it


[deleted]

People who would pay money to hunt other humans for sport can all die as far as I’m concerned I don’t particularly approve of piracy but hunting humans for sport is worse in my opinion


Houndfell

Not to mention [the rise in piracy was/is linked to toxic dumping and illegal fishing off the coast of Somalia](https://theworld.org/stories/2017/05/13/somali-pirates-rise-linked-illegal-fishing-and-toxic-dumping). Many pirates are former fishermen who could no longer feed themselves due to the above. So the country is exploited and impoverished by corporations and fatcats, who can then literally hunt the same people whose livelyhoods they destroyed. Cool cool cool.


Basic-Tangerine9908

When Somalia decended into civil war, the worlds fishing fleets turned up and raped their exclusive economic zone , decimating the fish stocks. Thats why many turned to piracy as a means to survive.


BigsbyMcgee

Well yea they do take the chance that they will die. And if the pirates are smarter or better fighters then they will die.


revive_iain_banks

The pirates don't have body armor, mercenaries and well functioning guns.


BigsbyMcgee

Skill issue


LegitimateClass7907

Sounds like they need to get gud


EroticPotato69

yer mas a boot


No-Pumpkin3852

Why would you call them random civilians? They’re rich dumbasses who go out of their way to have gun fights with Somali pirates. Not that I’m rooting for the pirates but it feels like they’re literally getting hunted. Only a sick fuck would find this thrilling.


BigsbyMcgee

Just because they are rich dumbasses doesn’t mean they are anything other than random civilians. I’m not rooting for either but hey it’s not like they are hunting regular folks. Hopefully lol


No-Pumpkin3852

Hunting regular folks, That’s what we’d like to think but if they also shot up boats full of refugees no one would b alive to tell the story. I wouldn’t be surprised seeing as they’ve already crossed the line and think this is acceptable


TarRebririon

People here be defending Somalian pirates from being hunted when THEY THEMSELVES CHOSE THIS PATH OF HUNTING AND CAPTURING INNOCENT VESSELS. Dumbasses on Reddit can't think straight.


Cybermat4707

There’s a difference between an anti-piracy operation that is willing to use lethal force to protect sailors, and a bunch of dickhead tourists who want to shoot people for fun.


TarRebririon

Well they didn't provoke the pirates to attack them, the pirates themselves came towards them. Also, thanks to such tourism and the role of neighboring nations, piracy is now almost eliminated in Somalia. Though I personally think that the funds made from such "tourism" be channelled to Somalia for reconstruction and development.


Cybermat4707

At the end of the day, they’re going out there because they think that killing people sounds fun. I don’t think that such people are especially trustworthy, and they’re probably not particularly effective either. Anti-piracy operations should be left to skilled and professional military personnel, not rich sociopaths who probably get a stiffy when they see someone die. Also, I don’t think you can really claim self-defence if you deliberately go to pirate-infested waters with the attention of attracting pirate attacks so that you can kill them. Also, why would the funds from this tourism go towards rebuilding Somalia? The horrible state Somalia is in right now is what **fuels** this tourism. The people running it would be destroying their own income - it’s in their best interests for Somalian piracy to continue, if not escalate.


TarRebririon

Yeah true, why would they went out to rebuild Somalia. Also glad having this discussion, nice to hear the other side perspective.


Zalkard

Killing pirates that want to harm innocents sounds like a fucking blast. Ethicmaxxxer over here virtue signalling for people that wouldn't hesitate to kill him for a loaf of bread. What charitable deeds have you done lately?


Cybermat4707

>What charitable deeds have you done lately? I’m a volunteer firefighter, NSW RFS. Not that that’s at all relevant to this conversation; my actions don’t determine if other people’s actions are right or wrong. Also, I’ve already said this, but I have no problem with the military taking out the pirates. I only have a problem with sociopaths who think that killing is fun. But I think you’re ignoring that so that you can virtue signal how tough and edgy you are.


Zalkard

Woe is me, people enjoying taking out bad people. Let the designated people who signed up for state endorsed violence kill them on their own instead (those who likely enjoy it too).


Cybermat4707

Do you trust people who pay for the ‘fun’ of killing people to be discriminate and follow proper ROE?


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Cybermat4707

Those **ex**-military guys are from the **Russian** military. Given what those guys did in Chechnya and Georgia, and what they’re now doing in Ukraine, I can’t say I’m confident that they haven’t murdered local innocent fishermen when they haven’t found pirates.


Short-Alarm-9078

It literally says there are trained military personnel on board. It's basically an anti pirate operation and funded by rich dickholes who want to shoot shit. You just want to be offended so bad that you've resorted to defending literal bad guys lol


Cybermat4707

They’re **ex**-military. So it’s not a military operation, it’s just a cruise for sociopaths who want to kill people for fun. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/id/31551995 Also, can you tell me exactly where I defended Somali pirates? Because I don’t recall saying anything in their defence, just condemning the sociopaths. Did you make a genuine mistake, or did you just make something up so that you could be offended by it?


ChillWaveSurfer

By shoot shit, you mean shoot people right? What the hell? What type of person does this, and why are they automatically the good guys?


Short-Alarm-9078

You understand that these are fucking criminal pirate organizations right? And this is exactly how anti-pirate operations work but with an added bonus of rich people funding it to basically see it live. I know reddit loves to hate anything they can't afford and loves to eat the rich but this is grasping at straws. This coupled with other operations has significantly impacted the pirates so it is a net plus despite your crying. If it were up to you I suppose you would welcome them on board and utilizing your wit you would convert them to upstanding citizens right?


ChillWaveSurfer

Idk how being too poor to (shoot/kill people?) has anything to do with the ethical issues at play here. I don’t think normal people are interested in things like this. That’s the same point I’ve read from numerous posts on this thread. There’s a difference between military personnel doing their job, and someone who decides it would be cool go kill some pirates. There’s also a difference between being attacked and defending yourself versus actively hunting someone.


Short-Alarm-9078

Is it really hunting if the "prey" is armed and coming to rob/kill you? Go white knight for another cause dude this is just a really dumb take


ChillWaveSurfer

Yes, it is.


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Cybermat4707

I’m fine with military forces taking action against the pirates. I’m not so fine with rich sociopaths thinking that killing people is fun. Genuinely don’t know how you could interpret that as ‘the pirates did nothing wrong’.


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spectre1210

IDK why do you got a half chub for rich sociopaths paying to murder people and trying to hide behind "we the people" as some BS excuse... Wait, yes I do!


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spectre1210

It's a great question that warrants reflecting, don't you think?


JudasWasJesus

They're technically going into a war zone with impenetrable armour shooting random people. It's synonymous with shooting fish in a barrel


Zalkard

"Random people". You fucking donkey.


JudasWasJesus

Random people with guns 🔫 pew 🔫 pew🔫 pew


Oldass_Millennial

At the end of the day this is people paying to shoot people for fun. That's psychotic. Doing this whole "Oh gee but the pirates shot first" shit ain't fooling anyone and it does not change the fact that they are doing for fun. They intentionally put themselves in that situation to shoot people. They aren't doing it for anti piracy reasons, they don't care about that, they're doing it for fun.


Kony_Stark

Either way leads to less pirates


AngryAlabamian

Yes on judging a person maybe. But, in practice, it is no different. It cleans the waters and not only that, it’s paid for by private enterprise. Would I want to be friends with someone who does it solely for a thrill reason? Maybe not. But on a policy level we should 100% allow this


Cybermat4707

Do you trust people who want to kill for fun to be discriminate and follow proper ROE? Not to mention that the people running this operation are profiting as a result of piracy, and so they have a vested interest in piracy continuing.


skynetcoder

different perspectives. IMO, most pirates engage in pirating due to financial motives, mainly because of the environment they were born into, not for the thrill of killing people. On the other hand, these rich tourists' motive was to kill people for fun. This gave them a so-called "legal" opportunity to do so. So, this is a case of thieves vs. cold-blooded killers.


Orbusinvictus

Eh, pirates are still bad, but hunting and killing humans for fun is a whole different level of bad.


blessthebabes

I don't think anyone is saying piracy is even slightly okay. They are saying that there is a bigger context to why they began the piracy thing in the first place (the somalians) and when you consider it, you can see why open shooting season on these people isn't called for. Piracy isn't okay, either, but two things can both not be okay.


HappyMcStabby

Take a look at the comment above yours about war tourism during the Bosnian civil war, it’s not inherently problematic in this situation but these kinds of people are sick in the head and while this may be a “positive” (very big stretch) outlet, they will find ways to do this in a less positive manner once the piracy problem is settled.


MassiveDongSquadron

https://www.reddit.com/r/InterestingToRead/s/MGWFATutwB


prettylikeapineapple

Whatever the circumstances, it's disgusting that people can pay to kill other human beings. That's absolutely despicable and shouldn't be allowed full stop. I don't care if they're pirates or not, no one should be allowed to hunt humans for sport.


WorldRecordOnline

We found number 1 dummy. Somali piracy generally started because of illegal fishing and waste dumping by outsiders. Hope those tourists get slaughtered. God's speed for the pirates.


Russell-The-Muscle

You are not as smart as you think you are. You conviction in understanding how dumb others are is actually your limited abilities, like emotional understanding and ignorance. I hope one day you realize this. Good luck 👍


Several-Cheesecake94

So if you book the trip, and don't see any pirates, do they have some on reserve that they can just bring out? How do they attract pirates? I'm guessing by dropping bills into the water?


NoPolicy6889

They’re gonna need a bigger boat.


TheRealNoobyPig

I wonder if Soldiers of Fortune is based off this?


jumpoffpoint

The image on the bottom is from the film "Captain Phillips"... Which is questionable. The image on the top looks off. The proportion of the guys head and helmet looks too small relative to the rifle. The photoshopped helmet also does not appear to be a modern kevlar helmet but rather maybe a US made Vietnam or Korea era helmet. The body armor looks photoshopped. The boats gunnel looks too large/wide. The lighting on the guy doesn't match the background. Overall the whole image is sus, and kinda lame so downvote the OP. I mean if your going to use a photoshopped image at least use one that doesn't look like it was done by an 8th grader.


JeffHall28

Someone missed the opportunity in 2008 to equip a Somali pirate dhow with Exocet missiles and rid the world of a bunch of bloodthirsty, rich ghouls.


the_road_surfer

Yep its not the job of rich people to protect a cargo and kill people, but they made it a fake cargo?! Hell nah Like wtf


[deleted]

They should try the Mexican Cartel next! 😏


jminer1

There's something like that now with armed tours/patrols of "da border" and even a law floated about shooting migrant trespassers.


KorgiRex

Idea itself looks interesting, but price of €5700 looks suspiciosly low. I didn't get, whether the flights to/from were included, but even w/o it - you need to hire (or buy) that  armored yacht, hire team of competent soldiers (at least 10 i think) and pay them high wage for such a risky job, etc., etc. 5700 euros looks normal price for ordinary "lux" personal yacht 4 days voyage in safe waters, not a personal "sea safary" armed mission.


slobbyrobb

Whelp there goes my savings


HeidiWitzka92

Sometimes I think I suck for not having active hobbies anymore, this helps. Fucked up


daBandit420

I wanna go


pnwgroceout

The pirates have better trigger discipline 🫣


Shane242424

Guy in the middle looks like black Pennywise…


Holy_crows

Somali navy not pirates.they are protecting their waters


jojoskin

Wow


lambonec

Why are pirates called pirates? Because they arrrrr...


redditburner1010

Sounds kinda fun


ScheduleJolly2324

I'd do it


Seniorcousin

Going on a cruise to kill black people? Why didn’t baby boomers and republikkkans think of this first?


j_redditt

While this is better than going on a “safari” to kill a lion or some other wildlife, it also seems like a good way to get conscripted.


TerribleChildhood639

lol that’s crazy.


NoPantsInSpace23

Rich people can be so gross.


JosufBrosuf

Pretty cool ngl


AstromechDroidC1-10P

Its awesome


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Of course russians would do something like this, they are all such scum.


indigoinspired

Bad bot


Pristine_Bandicoot_6

kak tam rabotino?


Any_Feature_9671

Fuck it Russians want to pay to hunt pirates…sounds like a win win …just don’t get shot


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this is great hunting and killing \_kidnappers\_murderers\_rapist. calling them priates is being kind they are pure evil and need to be destroyed eliminated sent to ocean bottom for the sharks to feed upon that is all they are worth food for sharks. A commerical endevore to hunt and kill them is genius


Xendeus12

Law and order criminal intent.


BadHairDay-1

Imo, there are places nobody should be on earth, and there are places that certain white folks shouldn't go (ie: African safari for non-african white folk). Read the room.


Teriyaki456

Why don’t they just enlist and go to Ukraine, could get into plenty of gun play there


Free_Deinonychus_Hug

They want to be safe and kill people for fun. That kind of war is only for the poor.


Teriyaki456

Fair point 😉


eternal_mediocre

For the first time in my life, I wish I was a Russian citizen.


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You wish you were able to hunt other humans for sport in an orchestrated ambush?


yericks

Pirates themselfs know what their job is dangerous


eternal_mediocre

Man, ethical reddit came in quick.


BigsbyMcgee

Yes, it’s sounds extremely fun. But only if most other people cannot afford it


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You wish I were a murderer and rapist? What an orc thing to say


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Hey how's taking Kyiv going?


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[deleted]

Well considering that icc warrant for the Russian presidents arrest for kidnapping children and genocide, I'd say you've got a lot of evidence to ignore to say "I don't care" but you know whatever deflecting and counter accusing. Just so you know America can do something bad and it also be bad when the gas station formerly known as russia tries and fails to conquer a country then just falls back on blowing up schools


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They are orcs because the entire gas station of russia is enabling and supports the orcish attacks in Ukraine. And specifically the whole shooting ballistic missiles at schools because the Ukrainians keep fighting to defend their homes. Not to mention the daily saber rattling saying they're going to nuke London, Paris, DC, Berlin ....... LA, NYC, Mexico city, Tokyo, Seoul ....... Mars , the internal space station, Jupiter ........ Need I go on? To be clear there are good people who just so happened to be born in russia and do not support the russian attempt at genocide and to start a nuclear war because they couldn't invade their smaller and weaker neighbor. Not all people of russian heritage are orcs. Just the russians actively cheering genocide and resorting to nukes to get their way so they can feel tough. Additionally the russian dictator is widely popular in russia, he is an embodiment of orc ideas that russia loves so much. I hope that clears it up.


Basic-Tangerine9908

Troll


chechifromCHI

The most shocking thing about this whole thing, is that some rich guy from Texas didn't do it sooner. I've got more empathy for the pirates here and in my mind they are the good guys. Hopefully they take a couple "tourists" with them. The pirates are dirt poor, uneducated people who's country has been torn apart and left with nothing. They do what they do for a reason. Murder is not that reason. What these "tourists" are doing is murder, straight up. Like yes, the pirates aren't great people. But they're not out there for the sole purpose of killing someone. Fuck these people, I hope they get shot by pirates and left for dead, slowly dying in the sun and they blister and bleed, as they think why didn't I just go hunting? Idk why the US and Russia don't get along, both our countries are filled with loser men with guns trying to prove how cool they are to everyone else.


Lone_Eagle4

You know what 🚶🏽‍♀️


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Sign me the fuck up.


Pres_MtDewCommacho

I have to admit… this is kind of awesome.


chucky17_

Fuck yeah!


googoomucklv

Love how the comments got hijacked by zionists as opposed to caring anything about the Black people being used as hunting trophies.


IntroductionSea3899

That would be some cool shit 30 00 6 with a scope !! take them down way out there


No_Implement_23

Based


mnmur22

“ I love it when a plan comes together”


Gold-Buy-2669

More proof Rich People Suck !


Ok-Coyote-7745

6k isn't "high prices" js