Piracy? or are we becoming a world of wimps?

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Postby asianflava » Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:20 pm

Doug, you're right we've all become a bunch of wimps. I was looking thru those pics and read this caption on one of them, "The crew of a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship watched as the couple were taken hostage by Somali pirates but were ordered not to open fire, the Ministry of Defence said Friday" How frustrating is that?
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Postby starleen2 » Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:48 pm

Why don't they grab some of those Greenpeace vessles? I hear thar' are some pretty tough people on board :thinking:
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Postby rxc463 » Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:26 am

Steve_Cox wrote:Reality show.... Yacht loaded with combat veterans armed to the teeth looking for pirates. :o


You could call it "No Survivor" :lol:
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Postby len19070 » Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:42 pm

asianflava wrote:Doug, you're right we've all become a bunch of wimps. I was looking thru those pics and read this caption on one of them, "The crew of a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship watched as the couple were taken hostage by Somali pirates but were ordered not to open fire, the Ministry of Defence said Friday" How frustrating is that?


Thats the kind of thinking that lets the Pirates think there ahead. Its almost like a job for them.

How can a big row boat hundreds of miles out in the ocean possibly take over a Container Ship??

If your going to Pay People to be Pirates...Your gonna get a lot of Pirates.

Hell! I wanna be a Pirate!

Send me 3.5 million dollars..or I'll...I'll post dirty words that could possibly offend some portions of the population that could have people who may have that or a similar lifestyle !

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Postby teardrop_focus » Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:26 pm

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Reality show.... Yacht loaded with combat veterans armed to the teeth looking for pirates. :o

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You could call it "No Survivor" :lol:



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Postby Arne » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:20 pm

we are/have become a world of political correctness. I'm getting tired of this whole (being forced to be a) wimp....

quote: A council has warned staff against using the phrase 'political correctness' at work because it might offend people.

A booklet outlining 'equality' policy to council workers claims using the term at work can be damaging and even linked it to the Ku Klux Klan.

See also...
Council worker paid £91,000 to fix the lights

The bizarre publication also orders staff not to use words like 'policeman', 'fireman' and 'chairman', suggesting they are classic examples of 'exclusionary language.'

While the word 'ethnic' is also outlawed for being not 'appropriately descriptive.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-413775/Now-council-bans-use-political-correctness-work.html#ixzz0YqNF9PU0
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Postby caseydog » Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:01 pm

len19070 wrote:
asianflava wrote:Doug, you're right we've all become a bunch of wimps. I was looking thru those pics and read this caption on one of them, "The crew of a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship watched as the couple were taken hostage by Somali pirates but were ordered not to open fire, the Ministry of Defence said Friday" How frustrating is that?


Thats the kind of thinking that lets the Pirates think there ahead. Its almost like a job for them.

How can a big row boat hundreds of miles out in the ocean possibly take over a Container Ship??

If your going to Pay People to be Pirates...Your gonna get a lot of Pirates.

Hell! I wanna be a Pirate!

Send me 3.5 million dollars..or I'll...I'll post dirty words that could possibly offend some portions of the population that could have people who may have that or a similar lifestyle !

Happy Trails

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Len, read the Wired article I linked to. It is a business, and those rowboats have big twin outboards. And, it seems that the shippers and insurance companies (and nations) find it cheaper to pay the ransoms than to fight the pirates.

We're not wimps, just businessmen making business decisions. :roll:

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Good article

Postby Alfred » Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:43 pm

caseydog wrote:
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/ ... li_pirates

Click the link to read a good explanation of the economics involved with Somali Piracy. :roll:

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Yes, a very good article, illuminates the situation somewhat...And, I played the pirate game that follows the article for about 45 minutes - addicting!

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Postby doug hodder » Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:45 pm

Seems to me that if they were smart businessmen, they'd find a way to cut out the 1M+ ransoms and delays added to their trip price. Someone, somewhere is paying the price for it, and I'd imagine that the cargo ship owners just pass it on to the consumers. I don't recall that there have been any big battles with pirates, seems that they just give up. When the flies are annoying you...get a fly swatter. Sorry, I just think that they are expendable. Doug
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Postby Miriam C. » Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:46 pm

len19070 wrote:
asianflava wrote:Doug, you're right we've all become a bunch of wimps. I was looking thru those pics and read this caption on one of them, "The crew of a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship watched as the couple were taken hostage by Somali pirates but were ordered not to open fire, the Ministry of Defence said Friday" How frustrating is that?


Thats the kind of thinking that lets the Pirates think there ahead. Its almost like a job for them.

How can a big row boat hundreds of miles out in the ocean possibly take over a Container Ship??

If your going to Pay People to be Pirates...Your gonna get a lot of Pirates.

Hell! I wanna be a Pirate!

Send me 3.5 million dollars..or I'll...I'll post dirty words that could possibly offend some portions of the population that could have people who may have that or a similar lifestyle !

Happy Trails

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The new scourge

Postby Alfred » Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:07 pm

The new scourge of campgrounds across America!

Pirate Teardroppers! Arrggh, matey!

(...The tiny, swifter, more maneuverable teardrop pirates quickly surround the large honkin' Winnebago RV's...Armed only with Dutch Ovens and vintage camping gear...)

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Re: The new scourge

Postby hotrod » Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:39 pm

Alfred wrote:The new scourge of campgrounds across America!

Pirate Teardroppers! Arrggh, matey!

(...The tiny, swifter, more maneuverable teardrop pirates quickly surround the large honkin' Winnebago RV's...Armed only with Dutch Ovens and vintage camping gear...)

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lolol maybe we could overtake some of those big class A only snotnose campgrounds, get them to pay us to leave...
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Re: The new scourge

Postby Alfred » Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:50 pm

hotrod wrote:
Alfred wrote:The new scourge of campgrounds across America!

Pirate Teardroppers! Arrggh, matey!

(...The tiny, swifter, more maneuverable teardrop pirates quickly surround the large honkin' Winnebago RV's...Armed only with Dutch Ovens and vintage camping gear...)

AL in Asheville

lolol maybe we could overtake some of those big class A only snotnose campgrounds, get them to pay us to leave...


LOL! I like it...

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Re: The new scourge

Postby satch » Sat Dec 05, 2009 6:51 pm

hotrod wrote:
Alfred wrote:The new scourge of campgrounds across America!

Pirate Teardroppers! Arrggh, matey!

(...The tiny, swifter, more maneuverable teardrop pirates quickly surround the large honkin' Winnebago RV's...Armed only with Dutch Ovens and vintage camping gear...)

AL in Asheville

lolol maybe we could overtake some of those big class A only snotnose campgrounds, get them to pay us to leave...

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Re: The new scourge

Postby starleen2 » Sat Dec 05, 2009 6:52 pm

Alfred wrote:
hotrod wrote:
Alfred wrote:The new scourge of campgrounds across America!

Pirate Teardroppers! Arrggh, matey!

(...The tiny, swifter, more maneuverable teardrop pirates quickly surround the large honkin' Winnebago RV's...Armed only with Dutch Ovens and vintage camping gear...)

AL in Asheville

lolol maybe we could overtake some of those big class A only snotnose campgrounds, get them to pay us to leave...


LOL! I like it...

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