Piracy Of War

First, ocean contains resources such as fish and energy; resulting in many countries desire to share them. However, the problem is to separate resources evenly. According to the reading, “Merely allocating equivalent portions of the commons does not mean that all users will get an equal share.” (Worksheet, 1) For example, in 1952, there are disputes over fish rights with five countries, including Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Unites States and Canada. Second, sea is far away mother nation, so it is hard for government to control. For example, William Kidd had permission from London to seize French ships, but he captured a merchant ship that Mughal court leased.

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Captain Kidd had a permission from London to capture pirates and French ships, so he was a privateering expedition at that times. In 1698, he captured a merchant ship that the captain was an English man but had a French pass. Later, the government arrested him for piracy. Therefore, privateering/corsairing is legal, because government permitted it to attack enemy’s ships in times of war. Piracy is illegal, because government does not support in times of peace.

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He wanted to get more money from Captain Kidd, so he betrayed Kidd and discarded the cooperation between them. In the letter, because Bellomont tried to demonstrate that Kidd was a pirate, he used a lot of negative words to describe him, including “cunning”, “enemy”, “guilty”, “ impertinence”, etc. He also repeated over and over again that the value of goods was worthy. However, he was anxious when he mentioned the Jewells that Kidd gave his wife. He explained that he did not know the Jewells before, but he suggested her to do it as the gift