• stoly@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    I believe that by international law all vessels have to offer assistance to someone in distress.

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    Mark Zuckerberg has faced questions over why a small cruise ship in south-east Alaska rescued a stranded skiff and its crew when his 387ft superyacht had been closer.

    The Silicon Valley billionaire’s yacht, worth a reported $300m, is said to have “repeatedly” declined to assist when a nearby boat called for help last week.

    Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, was not onboard at the time, a spokesperson told Forbes.

    So, basically, it starts to look like they have standing orders to be selfish and anti-social to point of pushing up against maritime law.

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      Why wouldn’t they? The investigatory agency for this is the USCG, and last I recall, the man in charge of Homeland Security and the rest of the US is pretty comfy with doing favors for his billionaire friends.

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    The reply? Because I didn’t want the poors on my yacht.

    He is a disgusting parasite PoS – also an acceptable answer.

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    They declined because he doesn’t care about anyone but himself. Simple enough when you approach all his actions from this point of view they become predictable.

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    Like what kind of fucking trash do you have to be? It’s a floating luxury palace, I’m sure it has a helicopter aboard it. He’s in no rush, all the money in the world, and with the opportunity comes up to be a good person, he not only refused to help once, but repeatedly.

    The captain should be stripped of their license and he should be unable to own or operate a boat within American waters. Better yet, make him pay 250 million to park it in a US harbor, and spring it on him with the boat has no choice but to dock and refuel in the US.

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    $5 says there were kids on his boat

    I’ll rescind this when the impartial 3rd party investigation says otherwise

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      Exactly. The people running the government in the surveillance state shouldn’t get the presumption of innocence.

      They are public figures and not only that they have all of the resources to provide proof of any claims that they make.