Somali pirates 'seize Danish children' in Indian Ocean

MaddogK · 03-02-11, 11:13 AM

Those nice peace-loving guys at sea-shepherd have already shown the way. They use an air powered 'spud gun' to shoot at whaling ships and have substituted paint and acid jars for potatoes. Imagine what you could do with one of those loaded with a mazeltov coctail shell.

If Sea shepherd can use it, it must not be a weapon prohibited by international law, right ?

Spoon 11th · 03-05-11, 11:55 AM

Over 800 somali pirates have been arrested so far. UN is considering building a special prison for them somewhere.

tater · 03-05-11, 03:14 PM

Why not summarily execute them in international waters?

Piracy is a crime against all nations, no one should have a problem with this.

Takeda Shingen · 03-05-11, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by tater

Piracy is a crime against all nations, no one should have a problem with this.

I agree. Pirates resort to, well, piracy because it is profitable. A 100% certainty of death, however, is decidedly unprofitable, which eliminates the incentive for piracy.

Jimbuna · 03-05-11, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Spoon 11th

Over 800 somali pirates have been arrested so far. UN is considering building a special prison for them somewhere.

How about Bikini Atoll?

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Originally Posted by tater

Why not summarily execute them in international waters?

Piracy is a crime against all nations, no one should have a problem with this.

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I agree. Pirates resort to, well, piracy because it is profitable. A 100% certainty of death, however, is decidedly unprofitable, which eliminates the incentive for piracy.

Yes, they are becoming more than a little annoying...send their boats back inshore full of bulletholes and bloodstained to give their peers something to think about.

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!!

SINK EM ALL!!

TorpX · 03-05-11, 09:24 PM

Over 800 captive pirates? Why capture them in the first place? Once they are taken prisoner, it leads to legal complications; if they are killed at sea, no problems.

Dowly · 03-06-11, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by TorpX

Over 800 captive pirates? Why capture them in the first place? Once they are taken prisoner, it leads to legal complications; if they are killed at sea, no problems.

Reminds me of something I read in an interview of an Spetznas who was deployed to Afghanistan in the 80s.

[out of memory]
-Did you see any POWs being executed?
-THERE WAS NO EXECUTIONS! Sometimes there just simply were no survivors.

03-02-11, 11:13 AM	#1
MaddogK XO Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chicago, Ill. Posts: 409 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Those nice peace-loving guys at sea-shepherd have already shown the way. They use an air powered 'spud gun' to shoot at whaling ships and have substituted paint and acid jars for potatoes. Imagine what you could do with one of those loaded with a mazeltov coctail shell. If Sea shepherd can use it, it must not be a weapon prohibited by international law, right ? __________________ May fortune favor the foolish

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tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Why not summarily execute them in international waters? Piracy is a crime against all nations, no one should have a problem with this. __________________ "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine

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03-05-11, 11:55 AM	#2
Spoon 11th Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 689 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Over 800 somali pirates have been arrested so far. UN is considering building a special prison for them somewhere.

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TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	Over 800 captive pirates? Why capture them in the first place? Once they are taken prisoner, it leads to legal complications; if they are killed at sea, no problems.