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No need to - sailors like this one are plenty, in fact in many places there’s overpopulation.

May not have to wait so long. A failed rudder deep in international waters can easily kill someone. And a broken rudder in a busy shipping channel can even easier kill someone.

An attack on someone's rudder while offshore is 100% an attack on their life, and arguably justifies lethal self defense.

Wiping out species getting aggressive because we destroyed their habitat through "self defense" is a funny thought

Soon enough everything will reach equilibrium again, I doubt shooting orcas will put us on a better path

Well he doesn’t have a 50cal on his boat and nor do any other dingy sailors so best they can do is radio for help. I’m sure it will all blow over once the orcas get bored. Either that or they’ll escalate to eating people

Yikes. If a wild animal wandered by and damaged your source of livelihood, I doubt you would espouse a similar view.

It’s not his source of livelihood but it is his home. I think he needs to stay away from the Orcas TBF

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