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**[email protected]** · April 14th, 2009, 04:06 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

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

Arm every merchant vessel with a 50 cal. machine gun along with a
qualified gunner. *Dave

I guess you can argue anything......but the Somali pirates are pirates
and I am sure not taking from the rich and giving to the poor. Wrong
is wrong.

Have to agree with Dave. Quite inexpensive given the alternative.

OK, just for grins...

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

Man's a sorry lot...

Guy