Pirates get their comuppance

[ChrisE]

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I particularly liked the bit about one is in custody the others are thought to be in the water....

 

[Chrusty1]

Hope they dangle him from the yardarm! As far as I know, piracy is still a hanging offence, and if it isn't it should be! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[Bajansailor]

One has to admire (sort of) the sheer audacity and guts of these pirates taking on a ship of this size - I wonder if they threw up grappling hooks and then shinnied up the ropes?
The container ship would most probably have been stomping along at a respectable speed, and it looks like she has considerable freeboard, hence it must have been rather difficult to just get on board in the first place.

I wonder how the pirates gained access to the accomodation block? Because the new security regulations seem to call for locked gates and doors, and I would have thought the crew would have been rather zealous about ensuring that the gates were secured while traversing that stretch of water.

 

[smeaks]

Probably fearing for their lives with a bunch of machine gun weilding criminals running amok on deck in the middle of the night whilst you sit back in abject safety and "admire" them - - - shameful thoughts my friend!

 

[Bajansailor]

Re admire, thats why I said 'sort of', but probably still the wrong word to use, sorry.

I guess the pirates must be rather desperate - or simply so stoked up that fear doesnt come into the equation - to take on a fast moving high freeboard vessel like a container ship, when a heavily laden relatively slow tanker would probably be an easier target.

In fact I am all for the various navies in the offing simply blowing any suspected pirates out of the water one time - I am thinking here about one navy ship arresting a pirate boat recently and then having to release them for 'lack of evidence' - if the navy ship had simply sunk them one time, it would have solved a lot of problems.
Do this a few times, and it would I hope send a strong message to the pirate towns ashore.

Otherwise what are the odds that the pirates will be buying (or hijacking?) helicopters next with their ransom monies?

 

[Gludy]

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Otherwise what are the odds that the pirates will be buying (or hijacking?) helicopters next with their ransom monies?

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Yes with the money they now have they could have their own S&R service with coppers etc. Except in their case it would stand for Search and Pillage. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[nathanlee]

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Probably fearing for their lives with a bunch of machine gun weilding criminals running amok on deck in the middle of the night whilst you sit back in abject safety and "admire" them - - - shameful thoughts my friend!

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I disagree. What they did, or do, is bloody well impressive. Just because the sum of their actions mean they are evil scum bags, I don't think it is at all bad form to admit a certain admiration for one or two of their traits.

An analogy would be Jordan, the... whatever she is. She might be a moron with a brain the size of a pea, and an overall social waste of space, but I do admire her tits.

 

[sailorman]

Pirate still holding the Captain " Hostage" as of this morning

 

[Gludy]

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but I do admire her tits.

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its news to me that they are hers!!! /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[aitchw]

Course they are hers. She bought 'em!