I support this, but there might be a few concerns with international law.
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God damn them all!
Now that I think about it. C
Now that I think about it. Canada is a party to the 1856 Declaration of Paris via the United Kingdom. Technically speaking, the agreement was not to use privateers against other signatories. It was the Russian Empire, not the Russian Federation that signed. So there could be an argument (a weak one) that Canada could issue letters of marque targetting Russian ships.
Now that I think about it. Canada is a party to the 1856 Declaration of Paris via the United Kingdom. Technically speaking, the agreement was not to use privateers against other signatories. It was the Russian Empire, not the Russian Federation that signed. So there could be an argument (a weak one) that Canada could issue letters of marque targetting Russian ships.
Alright, maybe I stayed up too late watching the election, but the United States never signed the 1856 Declaration of Paris. This means that we could theoretically issue Letters of Marque to protect the North West Passage and have the ultimate Stan Rogers mashup.
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Maritime law has a lot of pretty whacky things still fully on the books from centuries ago, so this might actually be comparatively fine.
Some enthusiastic teens trying to board a huge ship from a sailboat armed with polite words would be a good story anyway.
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I notice on the socials that Brit Cadet staff get slagged here and there as well - I wonder if this'll be shared mockingly by Hegseth & Co.?
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That's the least of would-be privateers' worries.
Their main worry is that when they start going after merchant shipping of a nation, that nation may sink, burn, or take them in return. Historically a privateer might command a vessel just qualifying as a fifth or sixth rate, usually less. Few private owners could afford to outfit a vessel to fight modern frigates, let alone stand the outright loss of the vessel.
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