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> The sad thing is the people out there on the boats are in all likelihood just trying to scrape a living Bullshit, somebody on board is turning off the ship's

• throwaway894345 5y ago
  "Desperate" doesn't imply "legally innocent". In particular, China has an abundance of desperate people (I won't remark on its political system), so punishing the desperate in this case probably won't move the needle. Further, and I say this as someone who prefers to err on the tough-on-crime side, it's unjust to punish the desperate when the wealthy are pulling the strings, raking in the profit, and bearing none of the risk.
  • hef19898 5y ago
    Not to mention all the other places crew is recruited from. Including crew on first world merchant marine ships.