Luxury Yacht Company Offers Pirate-Hunting Cruises

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Originally Posted by Letum

OK, then you must explain why it is wrong to pay to kill someone who isn't
attacking you, but not wrong to be paid to kill someone who isn't attacking
you.

Nonsense, he must not, because these are not the options.

Paying people to kill those attacking our assets and people, and letting people pay to kill those attacking our assets (and people) - that are the two options here.