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That Somali pirate doesn't look so upset. -- (link)

Posted by Mop (236 lbs) (aka rburriel) Apr 21 '09, 09:08

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http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-21-voa30.cfm (www.voanews.com)

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16 year old Somali kid driven to crime finds himself in NYC surrounded by media ... I'd say he's pretty stoked. - loosilu Apr 21, 09:11 13
- If it wouldn't require me to do like a massive amount of research, I'd totally be writing about Somali pirates this November for my NaNoWriMo. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 09:14 9
  - gay teenage solami pirates? -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 09:15 4
    - Ding! -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 09:17
    - somali -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 09:16 2
      - No, I believe you meant "salami". -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 21, 09:17 1
        
        he wishes -- nm - Roger More Apr 21, 09:17
  - it hasn't been hard to keep up, actually. i'd go for it. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 09:15 3
    - Researching geography, another culture, -and- boat stuff? No thanks! - Qale Apr 21, 09:19 2
      - boat stuff, butt stuff, how different can it be? -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 09:20 1
        
        [insert poop deck reference here] -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 09:25
- I hear he's dating Lindsay. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 21, 09:13 1
  - Interpreted as an act of war. -- nm - HdnAgnda Apr 21, 09:16
- This is what I was saying last week in a post. -- nm - HdnAgnda Apr 21, 09:12
Why would he be, we're taking better care of him than the sea or his overlords. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 09:10 28
- I thought so. And what's the sentence for his crime? After he gets out (10 years, maybe?), where do we send him? -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 21, 09:12 27
  - kidnaping is a 10 year sentence? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 21, 09:14 3
    - With a weapon, yeah. About that long. But he's also prolly charged with piracy which is worse. -- (link) - Qale Apr 21, 09:17 2
      - if the law has not been updated since it was heavuily used i think the sentence is hanging from the mast - Danedukenuuk Apr 21, 09:21
      - 50 lashes! -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Apr 21, 09:17
  - I think the answer to your last question is Kenya as they accept ex-pirates. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 09:14 22
    - or Somalia, since there is no one to accept or reject him. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 09:15 20
      - That'd prolly be like throwing a lamb to the slaughter. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 09:18 5
        
        a kid who successfully commandeered a US ship? he's a star. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 09:18 4
        
        I doubt it. He was the captian, he was caught, he'll likely be assumed to have told any thing he knows, and I'm not sure abut Somali Muslim pirates, - Qale Apr 21, 09:21 2
        
        thoose somali that have turned to piracy are more into money than religion -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 21, 09:28
        
        they don't have a cause. they're after the money. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 09:22
        
        in 10 years time he'll have been forgotten -- nm - Roger More Apr 21, 09:20
      - plus, it's his country of origin. -- nm - Roger More Apr 21, 09:17
      - if he hasn't requested political assylum by then -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 09:15 12
        
        I think it's hard for a convicted criminal to get asylum. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 09:16 11
        
        cruel and unusual punishment, then, to return him to his home country? -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 09:17 10
        
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        true but you can't send people back if there is a fair chance they get killed there - Danedukenuuk Apr 21, 09:33 3
        
        if he's a criminal, he is not a refugee. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 09:33 2
        
        you can easily be both before during and after - Danedukenuuk Apr 21, 09:36 1
        
        Don't be stupid. Just Somalia being dangerous doesn't mean he qualifies for refugee status. - Reagen Apr 21, 09:38
        
        if he is in danger there you can't send him back - Danedukenuuk Apr 21, 09:18 3
        
        then he goes to Kenya or somewhere else, but no way we give him asylum after convicting him. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 09:19 2
        
        here we have many who are without asylum but can't be send back they are more or less in limbo - Danedukenuuk Apr 21, 09:23 1
        
        in the US, the standards for asylum are pretty stringent. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 09:24
        
        how so, is he being persecuted by someone? more like a national hero. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 09:17
    - they do sometimes *now* who knows if the do when he gets out! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 21, 09:14

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