OT In defense of pirates ...
 

On Apr 13, 11:06*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:28:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

One or two guys, with a single heavy machine gun on a 500-plus foot ship with
low freeboard. *Now, add into the equation that those one or two guys are hired
guns. *What you have is a recipe for a total, complete cluster****. *If you are
in favor of a armed response, this is not the way to go about it. *And
huffingtonpost nonsense aside, these aren't farmers with pitchfolks, they are
pirates with real weapons (regardless of whether or not some might have once
been farmers/fishermen). *Let me ask you this - do you favor putting mercenaries
in _your_ local bank - you know, the one where you and your family bank - with
orders to open fire on any potential robbers? *If not, why not?

HTH,
R


... and it would then only be a matter of time before the guys in the
villas bought some real weaponry and set a tanker ot two on fire from
5-10 miles away .... and then we'd escalate again .... and the
military contractors would have yet another Business Opportunity to
soak the taxpayer.


Man's a sorry lot...

Guy