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/ had to

*golf clap*

Welcome aboard. Sorry 'mate we're fresh out of rum so guess what that leaves plenty of ?

One Bad Apple: Welcome aboard. Sorry 'mate we're fresh out of rum so guess what that leaves plenty of ?

The lash?

It's not 1745 if the pirates weren't forced to become crew on the Royal Navy ship.

I caught a bunch more!

Lone Stranger: poop deck!

It's called the poop deck, Lois. That is why I pooped there.

In 1745 they probably would have caught more.

Kumana Wanalaia:

The lash?

Aaaaand ....?

I bet they are attractive and successful pirates.

I wonder if the Royal Marines used their recently issued Ford Fiestas in the assault...

In 1745 they would have been summarily hanged from the mainmast.

/Seems like a better strategy actually.

One Bad Apple: Kumana Wanalaia:

The lash?

Aaaaand ....?

Butt piracy?

ExcaliburPrime111: In 1745 they would have been summarily hanged from the mainmast.

/Seems like a better strategy actually.

Or this...

Given the pirate boat's description (a dhow in poor condition), I couldn't help but flash back to the South Park episode^
(Seeing and hearing Ike say "I feel like an asshole" makes the entire episode worth it.)

But it is a repeat of other Fark headlines.

Were they not telling the truth?

Yugoboy: Given the pirate boat's description (a dhow in poor condition), I couldn't help but flash back to the South Park episode^
(Seeing and hearing Ike say "I feel like an asshole" makes the entire episode worth it.)

/ ah yes, about the dhow in poor condition, they were probably planing on trading that in on a 235 foot luxury yacht.

bikerbob: Yugoboy: Given the pirate boat's description (a dhow in poor condition), I couldn't help but flash back to the South Park episode^
(Seeing and hearing Ike say "I feel like an asshole" makes the entire episode worth it.)

/ ah yes, about the dhow in poor condition, they were probably planing on trading that in on a 235 foot luxury yacht.

Yes. The nice thing about modern piracy, with RPGs you din't need to worry about a hull big or sturdy enough for mounted cannon.

But real pirates have always prefered small and fast ships. Frigates like The Black Pearl were rare.

If anyone gave a damn to try to find any underlying causes of the significant rise of incidents of piracy off the coast of Somalia, they might find this (new window)

Waste dumping
See also: Radioactive waste dumping by the 'Ndrangheta

Following the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, there have emerged allegations that after the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in late 1991, Somalia's long, remote shoreline was used as a dump site for the disposal of toxic waste. The huge waves which battered northern Somalia after the tsunami are believed to have stirred up tonnes of nuclear and toxic waste that was illegally dumped in Somali waters by several European firms - front companies created by the Italian mafia.


Europe destroyed their sole source of economic well being.

Yay us

Every time you see sombody taking credit for catching these guys, it looks to me like they give up soon as your boat starts head toward them. It looks harder to catch a fish than a pirate. Oh well, given a purple heart for their efforts.

X-boxershorts: Europe destroyed their sole source of economic well being.

No.

Somalia?
RTFA
Yep.

Somalia is the ultimate end of the Libertarian ideology. The absence of government means the strong dominate the weak. Eventually you wind back to feudalism wherein people bow down to warlords. There's no central power to enforce a rule of law.

The Libertarian position fails at that point, although a touch of libertarian perspective helps to keep the size of government to a useful size.

/little l versus Big L Libertarianism

wildcardjack: Somalia?
RTFA
Yep.

Somalia is the ultimate end of the Libertarian ideology. The absence of government means the strong dominate the weak. Eventually you wind back to feudalism wherein people bow down to warlords. There's no central power to enforce a rule of law.


Except for all the sharia law. No alcohol, no bacon, women wearing tents not exactly big or little "L" libertarianism

Pirates?

One Bad Apple: Welcome aboard. Sorry 'mate we're fresh out of rum so guess what that leaves plenty of ?

Happy Hours: X-boxershorts: If anyone gave a damn to try to find any underlying causes of the significant rise of incidents of piracy off the coast of Somalia, they might find this (new window)

Waste dumping
See also: Radioactive waste dumping by the 'Ndrangheta

Following the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, there have emerged allegations that after the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in late 1991, Somalia's long, remote shoreline was used as a dump site for the disposal of toxic waste. The huge waves which battered northern Somalia after the tsunami are believed to have stirred up tonnes of nuclear and toxic waste that was illegally dumped in Somali waters by several European firms - front companies created by the Italian mafia.


Europe destroyed their sole source of economic well being.

Yay us

Funny you left out this part:

The European Green Party followed up these revelations by presenting before the press and the European Parliament in Strasbourg copies of contracts signed by two European companies-the Italian Swiss firm, Achair Partners, and an Italian waste broker, Progresso-and representatives of the warlords then in power, to accept 10 million tonnes of toxic waste in exchange for $80 million (then about £60 million).

So basically a couple of criminal organizations in Europe contracted with the powers that were in Somalia at the time so Somalia destroyed their sole source of economic well being.

Also, Progresso? Don't they sell spaghetti sauce here?

Oh, so...Antarctica dumped there nuclear and toxic waste there...is that what yer sayin?

red5ish: X-boxershorts: Europe destroyed their sole source of economic well being.

No.

umm....yes?

One Bad Apple: Welcome aboard. Sorry 'mate we're fresh out of rum so guess what that leaves plenty of ?

Rape?

/Hah, child's play!

Disappear them and the whole country. Then mop up the mess off the coast.

Show the pirates the same humanity they seem to not show to everyone else.

StoneColdAtheist: ExcaliburPrime111: In 1745 they would have been summarily hanged from the mainmast.

/Seems like a better strategy actually.

Or this...

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Actually walking the plank has always seemed a little soft to me. Whats the point? If you want to drown someone why not just throw them over the side with weights attached, why make them walk down a wooden plank and jump into the sea.
I think a better, and infinitely more painful method of drowning someone would be this:

Rum, Sodomy and The Lash.

MemeSlave: Rum, Sodomy and The Lash.

And I'm all out of rum

illuminatis: I think a better, and infinitely more painful method of drowning someone would be this:

Is it my computer or is something missing?

StoneColdAtheist: illuminatis: I think a better, and infinitely more painful method of drowning someone would be this:

Is it my computer or is something missing?

It's your computer. Everybody else can see it.

how can they be pirates if they're black? clearly they're escaped slaves.

X-boxershorts: red5ish: X-boxershorts: Europe destroyed their sole source of economic well being.

No.

umm....yes?

Who cares? They got one of their own as President of the US in the exchange.

They got the better end of the deal.

blackheart666: X-boxershorts: red5ish: X-boxershorts: Europe destroyed their sole source of economic well being.

No.

umm....yes?

Who cares? They got one of their own as President of the US in the exchange.

They got the better end of the deal.

Instant ignore for this racist bigoted douchebag.

Gyrfalcon: ExcaliburPrime111: In 1745 they would have been summarily hanged from the mainmast.

/Seems like a better strategy actually.

You can't hang someone from the mast you geometrically challenged freak. Masts are vertical.

You hang pirates from the yardarm.

Correct, and I appreciate the kind way you put it.

/Welcome to fark and all that, yea yea.
//Never been on a ship.