• purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    And the shipping isn’t all mapped out ship-by-ship that far in advance, so they likely found out that they’d be going in these waters after they had been on assignment and outside of e.g. the Philippines for some time? Is that right?

    Well, I suppose either way my stance is that it’s mainly the company’s fault for endangering the crew, since it would be irresponsible for Houthis to allow human shield tactics to perpetuate the genocide.

    • Horse {they/them}@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 days ago

      so they likely found out that they’d be going in these waters after they had been on assignment and outside of e.g. the Philippines for some time? Is that right?

      pretty much, yeah

      ultimately the responsibility lies with the captain, he needlessly endangered the crew by refusing to comply with the Houthis’ orders