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2003-07-24 International

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Posted by Steve 2003-07-24 9:03:10 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A .50 caliber machine gun would take care of the situation. You don't need much training to aim that sucker. Why all the talk of 'professional guards'? Why can't people be allowed to defend themselves? Why must it be turned over to the 'professionals'? This is ridiculous.

Posted by Jabba the Nutt 2003-7-24 9:46:45 AM|| 2003-7-24 9:46:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Johnny Depp has taken this "pirate" role too far. Somebody wave another script in his face and get him to move on.

Posted by Dar 2003-7-24 9:57:39 AM|| 2003-7-24 9:57:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Yar! Get yer latest news on piracy here, on the Weekly Piracy Report! Uh...Yar!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-7-24 1:36:15 PM|| 2003-7-24 1:36:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Didn't we see this a couple of weeks ago? Looks like someone didn't get enough attention, and decided to try again.

Piracy is very simple to stop: kill enough pirates, and the rest will decide to take up a less risky profession. Arm those ships! Hell, a tanker is the mother of all bombs! If the Captain finds himself in need of detonating that cargo, the pirates won't get a thing, and it'll be all but painless for the crew.

Criminal behavior only persists where it's profitable. Make it unprofitable, and it stops, or moves somewhere else. This is a no-brainer. The problem is, somebody can't get a nice, cushy job if the shipping company does it themselves - only if someone like the UN takes over. The UN has been sooooo successful everywhere else, so why not?

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-7-24 3:14:50 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-7-24 3:14:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 The US Navy gets too little credit for abating this problem by just its appearence in a region. We're a bit busy right now with cleaning other poop on the deck. However, just remember this when the French, Belgiums, etc all bitch about American cowboyism. It ain't their ships keeping the worlds commerce lanes open and their economies running. If we took the position that we'd only come to the aid of ships flying our flag and the flags of the willing, there'd be a quick re-registry of many an ocean going vessel.

Posted by Don 2003-7-24 5:47:59 PM|| 2003-7-24 5:47:59 PM|| Front Page Top

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