Why would anyone support the Somali pirates...?

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What do you think about the Somali pirates?
they suck 52%  52%  [ 14 ]
they rock 15%  15%  [ 4 ]
don't care 7%  7%  [ 2 ]
other (please explain) 26%  26%  [ 7 ]
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28 Apr 2009, 9:53 pm

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killing EVERYONE is a bit... harsh.


But, on the other hand, how awesome would radioactive pirates be? :twisted:


unless they glow, they would be pretty boring i think :(

just a bunch of half dead, half melted zombies in a boat :/

"groaaaan... kill us... please... "

*bubble popped* :D 8)

Radioactive zombie pirates that glow in the dark...now that would be awsome enough to support! We just need to nuke them. :D




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ONLY certain radioisotopes glow in the dark and "nuking pirates" will NOT make that happen! No noctilucent zombies emerged from the ashes of Hiroshima so thats just another pipe dream. I certainly WOULD give share nukes with priates if I had them! :twisted:



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28 Apr 2009, 11:15 pm

I think I know the answer! Okay, for those of you who believe in global warming: Pirates are cool, so the more of them there are, the more temperatures decrease. So if you support the pirates, the earth will stop getting hotter! Don't support them TOO much though, or we'll have another ice age. :lol:



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29 Apr 2009, 12:08 am

Cyanide wrote:
I think I know the answer! Okay, for those of you who believe in global warming: Pirates are cool, so the more of them there are, the more temperatures decrease. So if you support the pirates, the earth will stop getting hotter! Don't support them TOO much though, or we'll have another ice age. :lol:


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You all are just jealous cos pirates get mo' BOOTY than you ever will! :mrgreen:
And I mean that literally. Hijack a luxury yacht and rape them lovely damsels after taking the loot! I know it sounds awful but Rape,Pillage, and Plundering are what pirates have done for centuries and it certainly served them well. :P



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29 Apr 2009, 1:16 am

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ONLY certain radioisotopes glow in the dark and "nuking pirates" will NOT make that happen! No noctilucent zombies emerged from the ashes of Hiroshima so thats just another pipe dream. I certainly WOULD give share nukes with priates if I had them! :twisted:

Geez, lighten up. I'm only joking around. I know that nukes don't make things glow in the dark.


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29 Apr 2009, 2:44 am

John_Browning wrote:
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w*ker :roll:

ONLY certain radioisotopes glow in the dark and "nuking pirates" will NOT make that happen! No noctilucent zombies emerged from the ashes of Hiroshima so thats just another pipe dream. I certainly WOULD give share nukes with priates if I had them! :twisted:

Geez, lighten up. I'm only joking around. I know that nukes don't make things glow in the dark.



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29 Apr 2009, 9:27 am

With a Yo-Ho-Ho and a Yee-Hee-Hee, Somalian Pirates We!! !
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29 Apr 2009, 12:38 pm

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I do not support their actions but it is important to understand what has caused all this. Very simply when somalia became a failed state in the early to mid 90's fishing fleets form around the world realised that there was no-one to protect Somali fishing grounds. They went in en-masse and wiped the area out. So now you have families that have no income and are employed by organised crime to attack the ships. If the money being spent on the naval presence was instead put into the rebuilding of these communities the problem would go away very quickly.


ok I didn't know that. that makes perfect sense actually.

heck, that sounds like something that I could support! :P

the thing is though- more than half of the people from my town work in the shipping industry. all of my close friends work in the shipping industry. everyone I know knows someone who's uncle/friend/dad works on the ships that routinely take the route via Somalian coast. 10+ people from my town have already been on one of the hijacked ships. all I hear here is how much those a-holes from Somalia are going to cost us. so it's hard for me to make an unbiased judgement...

I'll have to think some more about this one.

now, as to the nuclear pirates that glow in the dark- watch this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTxJLlQCe4U[/youtube]

as you can see, nuking them already didn't work, only made things worse.


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29 Apr 2009, 1:09 pm

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With a Yo-Ho-Ho and a Yee-Hee-Hee, Somalian Pirates We!! !
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:lol:



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30 Apr 2009, 4:34 am

That's what pirates should look like. The Somalians are more like 'bandits of the sea'. :lol:


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30 Apr 2009, 10:09 am

I still think someone is missing out on a major business opportunity here; pirate hunting safaris for the well heeled psychopath crowd! It's the perfect scenario, a group of people (the pirates) that no one cares about and in fact many want eliminated, roaming around an isolated ocean with few witnesses and no functioning government to interfere. That the pirates are armed just makes it sporting, and if their boat is sunk, who's to say what really happened? Blackwater and KBR are already gearing for anti-piracy operations, now I'm just waiting for the adds for "the ultimate Somali vacation experience!"...


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30 Apr 2009, 10:12 am

During the 90s the "piracy" in Somalia was on land and now it is also on the water. But good thing Sharia Law is practiced to help put an end to the chaos brought on by a lack of a central Govt., which was toppled because of radicals wanting to institute...Sharia Law. Make Sense yet? I'm 40, and I do not get how members of the younger generation come to their conclusions or maybe the conclusions are already made for them?

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30 Apr 2009, 11:06 am

anna-banana wrote:
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I do not support their actions but it is important to understand what has caused all this. Very simply when somalia became a failed state in the early to mid 90's fishing fleets form around the world realised that there was no-one to protect Somali fishing grounds. They went in en-masse and wiped the area out. So now you have families that have no income and are employed by organised crime to attack the ships. If the money being spent on the naval presence was instead put into the rebuilding of these communities the problem would go away very quickly.


ok I didn't know that. that makes perfect sense actually.

heck, that sounds like something that I could support! :P

the thing is though- more than half of the people from my town work in the shipping industry. all of my close friends work in the shipping industry. everyone I know knows someone who's uncle/friend/dad works on the ships that routinely take the route via Somalian coast. 10+ people from my town have already been on one of the hijacked ships. all I hear here is how much those a-holes from Somalia are going to cost us. so it's hard for me to make an unbiased judgement...

I'll have to think some more about this one.

now, as to the nuclear pirates that glow in the dark- watch this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTxJLlQCe4U[/youtube]

as you can see, nuking them already didn't work, only made things worse.


its easyer to understand the pirates etc, when you consider somalia being... well... a synonym for a non-country.
borders and politics stop at ethiopia, kenya and somaliland (which is separate from somalia, only nobody cares.)

as far as i know, piracy is THE only income that the country has, whatsoever. and so what, if piracy isnt OUR idea of a good income for a country? somalia has nothing else. and so what if the pirates keep what 90% of the loot? 10% is more money than somalia will ever dream of, as of this moment. its ALL they got, its like afghan poppy growers, and everything else we white eurosnobs complain about, without thinking of an alternative.

its like telling a beggar to stop begging, cus it bothers us. "then what do i do?" he says.
"i dont f*****g care, just stop begging. you're stinking up the place" we say :]


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30 Apr 2009, 1:51 pm

ZEGH8578 wrote:

its easyer to understand the pirates etc, when you consider somalia being... well... a synonym for a non-country.
borders and politics stop at ethiopia, kenya and somaliland (which is separate from somalia, only nobody cares.)

as far as i know, piracy is THE only income that the country has, whatsoever. and so what, if piracy isnt OUR idea of a good income for a country? somalia has nothing else. and so what if the pirates keep what 90% of the loot? 10% is more money than somalia will ever dream of, as of this moment. its ALL they got, its like afghan poppy growers, and everything else we white eurosnobs complain about, without thinking of an alternative.

its like telling a beggar to stop begging, cus it bothers us. "then what do i do?" he says.
"i dont f***ing care, just stop begging. you're stinking up the place" we say :]


they've got oil. and bananas =P


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30 Apr 2009, 4:40 pm

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the thing is though- more than half of the people from my town work in the shipping industry. all of my close friends work in the shipping industry. everyone I know knows someone who's uncle/friend/dad works on the ships that routinely take the route via Somalian coast. 10+ people from my town have already been on one of the hijacked ships. all I hear here is how much those a-holes from Somalia are going to cost us. so it's hard for me to make an unbiased judgement...


Well you and your community are in a perfect place to help. If you understand the situation you have the knowledge for how it can be fixed.


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30 Apr 2009, 5:04 pm

anna-banana wrote:
ZEGH8578 wrote:

its easyer to understand the pirates etc, when you consider somalia being... well... a synonym for a non-country.
borders and politics stop at ethiopia, kenya and somaliland (which is separate from somalia, only nobody cares.)

as far as i know, piracy is THE only income that the country has, whatsoever. and so what, if piracy isnt OUR idea of a good income for a country? somalia has nothing else. and so what if the pirates keep what 90% of the loot? 10% is more money than somalia will ever dream of, as of this moment. its ALL they got, its like afghan poppy growers, and everything else we white eurosnobs complain about, without thinking of an alternative.

its like telling a beggar to stop begging, cus it bothers us. "then what do i do?" he says.
"i dont f***ing care, just stop begging. you're stinking up the place" we say :]


they've got oil. and bananas =P


but still no government. how do you organize oil sales to foreign nations, if these foreign nations have nobody to talk to?
you see the problem right? its like trying to do business with the moon, there nobody to talk to.

lack of government. big deal for humans ;]


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30 Apr 2009, 6:42 pm

modern pirates=cool