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Originally Posted by willravel
Facts:
1) Piracy is robbery committed at sea. Their intention clearly was not to steal anything, nothing was stolen, therefore it was not piracy. They illegally boarded a vessel in international water.
2) No one was hurt, and the protesters clearly intended no physical harm to any of the workers, therefore it's non-violent.
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If I held a gun to your head, never intended to shoot you but wanted to get out the news for my cause would it be 'non-violent' if no one got hurt?
Or less extreme...
If one of the police unit sent to deal with it fell to his death trying to get someone off the rigging would it be 'non-violent'?
They were acting in an unsafe manner, on a ship whos working I doubt they understood well, in a publicity stunt.
And yes they did steal, they didn't 'take' the coal, but they cost the company involved a lot of money. They intended to hurt the operation of the coal plant as well. I'm not a lawyer but I'm sure if there is any point in suing greenpeace they would be liable for damages.