WTFDYW: FTA: According to Taiwan's Fisheries Agency, three sailors were injured, while the pirates fell into the sea.

*chuckle*

/note to self, don't fark with Taiwanese fishing boats

Knara: WTFDYW: FTA: According to Taiwan's Fisheries Agency, three sailors were injured, while the pirates fell into the sea.

*chuckle*

/note to self, don't fark with Taiwanese fishing boats

Pondering now, does Taiwan have mandatory military service?

When you die if you are a good person your soul goes to Heaven, and if your bad it goes to Somalia.

Meh, call me when some pirates try to take over a boat of ninjas

bwahahaha

Harv72b: Is it stupid of me to wonder what a Taiwanese fishing boat was doing off the coast of Somalia in the first place?

Catching fish, dumbass.

/hot

With all those brass balls on board, they were probably close to capsizing.

Harv72b: Is it stupid of me to wonder what a Taiwanese fishing boat was doing off the coast of Somalia in the first place?

fishing the somalian fishing grounds. since they don't have a government they can't stop foreign fishers from coming in and taking whatever catch they want. They also don't have environmental laws or catch limits (obviously) so fishermen from other countries can make a larger profit fishing in somalia waters.

fun fact, the original pirates started off as somali fishermen who got fed up with having their fish taken and get their nets and lines run over and cut by foreign fishers. they moved on to piracy when they realized the pay was so good.

The pirate problem is a matter of overfeeding, just like pigeons.

Piracy makes money in a population where there are no other options so as long as ransoms are paid, the problem will only get bigger.

The solution? Send four LNG carriers off the coast of Somalia on remote control, wait for the pirates to board, detonate. Repeat with various types of ships until they figure out that their vocation carries a 75% chance of death and the problem will go away.

The Somali Pirates haven't had a winning season since 1992.

in before hungry one hour later based joke

Some of the names of the pirates have been released:
Bob.
Bob.
and Bob.

Harv72b: Ghost Roach: Meh, call me when some pirates try to take over a boat of ninjas

Michael Bay has expressed interest in your concept, and Jackie Chan is willing to play the lead.

You know they'd try to get Johnny Depp on-board too

God damnit now global warming is going to go up....

Those pirates got one heck of a

vudukungfu: Some of the names of the pirates have been released:
Bob.
Bob.
and Bob.

The young one was known to his friends as "Bobby-Bouy"

/had to go there

que.guero: The pirate problem is a matter of overfeeding, just like pigeons.

Piracy makes money in a population where there are no other options so as long as ransoms are paid, the problem will only get bigger.

The solution? Send four LNG carriers off the coast of Somalia on remote control, wait for the pirates to board, detonate. Repeat with various types of ships until they figure out that their vocation carries a 75% chance of death and the problem will go away.

Not a bad idea. Many people forget that before the invention of the airplane, pirates were the biggest threat to commerce and trade in the world. These pirates are no different from the cartels overrunning Mexico, beheading not only their rivals, but sheriffs and newspaper editors as well. It's about time we stopped showing them any mercy!

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tlchwi02: Harv72b: Is it stupid of me to wonder what a Taiwanese fishing boat was doing off the coast of Somalia in the first place?

fishing the somalian fishing grounds. since they don't have a government they can't stop foreign fishers from coming in and taking whatever catch they want. They also don't have environmental laws or catch limits (obviously) so fishermen from other countries can make a larger profit fishing in somalia waters.

fun fact, the original pirates started off as somali fishermen who got fed up with having their fish taken and get their nets and lines run over and cut by foreign fishers. they moved on to piracy when they realized the pay was so good.
Did you read the part that stated they were hundreds of kilometers offshore?

vudukungfu: Some of the names of the pirates have been released:
Bob.
Bob.
and Bob.

and they quickly became chums

tlchwi02: Harv72b: Is it stupid of me to wonder what a Taiwanese fishing boat was doing off the coast of Somalia in the first place?

fishing the somalian fishing grounds. since they don't have a government they can't stop foreign fishers from coming in and taking whatever catch they want. They also don't have environmental laws or catch limits (obviously) so fishermen from other countries can make a larger profit fishing in somalia waters.

fun fact, the original pirates started off as somali fishermen who got fed up with having their fish taken and get their nets and lines run over and cut by foreign fishers. they moved on to piracy when they realized the pay was so good.

shiatty retirement plan though.

Harv72b: Is it stupid of me to wonder what a Taiwanese fishing boat was doing off the coast of Somalia in the first place?

Same as it would be doing off the coast of Alaska, I suppose.

The fish feed the fishermen and the fishermen feed the fish.

"The pirates then fell into the ocean after being beaten and shot by the crew of 26. It is suspected some of them were. . .violated."

What really happened.

This has to be cheaper than paying ransom. (new window)

Knara: Knara:

Pondering now, does Taiwan have mandatory military service?

Yea they do. It used to be 2 years mandatory service, but recently it was reduced to one year.

/Currently Living in Taiwan
//Loving It

Knara: Pondering now, does Taiwan have mandatory military service?

They did... I think they are abolishing it soon or did abolish it a little whiles back. There were always so many loopholes in the call-up law anyways, it was quite blatantly biased against the poor. My uncle, from a fairly wealthy family, got out of it by claiming he had flat feet. Ya, rly.

My dad had no such luck. They were given one M1 per 4-5 soldiers and ran around the island getting coached on how they were going to execute this "imminent" plan to invade the mainland. Mind you, this was back in the 1960s, so it wasn't as farcical an idea as it is now.

ecalcott: vudukungfu: Some of the names of the pirates have been released:
Bob.
Bob.
and Bob.

and they quickly became chums

golf clap sir

Is not amused....