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In response to "SITWAP: Indians sink pirates. Wait, what? -- (link)" by TaurusII

some enterprising entrepreneur should outfit a couple of runabout boats and hire themselves out as escorts to the shipping companies

Posted by decline (aka Decline) Nov 19 '08, 09:57

You can probably pick up a few of those suckers cheap down in Florida right now. Arm 'em to the teeth and make buckets of money protecting those big tankers

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I'm telling you, blow up a hijacked ship or two, problem solved. - TWuG Nov 19, 10:04 13
- let's see, we have one ship that might have radioactive cargo, and another that's an oil supertanker. Both have the full crew on board. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:09 3
  - not to mention the one with tanks and ammo (although I guess if it's D.U., that might explain the radioactive cargo) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 10:12 1
    - that's the one I mean. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:12
  - you mean causing a potential ecological disaster also wouldn't solve the problem?....nm - x Nov 19, 10:11
- Seriously. Take a couple of old tankers, load 'em with ordinance, and trigger 'em to blow when boarded - decline Nov 19, 10:07
- You do realize that the crews are generally held hostage along with the ship, right? -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 10:06 1
  - you mean it wouldn't solve the problem when no one wants to crew the ships going through there?....nm - x Nov 19, 10:09
- SHOOT THE HOSTAGE! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 10:05 5
  - It's sad to think that the hostages are probably more expendable than the ships. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 10:06 4
    - In the eyes of the ship owners, that is. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 10:06 3
      - probably hostage-takers, too. Although this will only last until a teenager gets held hostage, then Delta Force will solve the problem. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 10:07 2
        
        Charlie Sheen and Chuck Norris will solve this! -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 10:08 1
        
        I was thinking more like Snake Doctor and Dirt Diver, but sure ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 10:10
would lead to an arms race with the pirates, leading to more costly insurance due to the higher chance of something going wrong. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 10:01 10
- do you have a better solution? They ain't gonna stop until someone makes it to costly for them to try -- nm - decline Nov 19, 10:04 9
  - Faulty logic. They aren't going stop until another avenue of monetization becomes more lucrative. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 10:06 5
    - They should grow poppies. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 10:06 4
      - then they could be just like Afghanistan, and we know how great it is to live here. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:12 2
        
        you're going to Africa, right? Go there and fix it! -- nm - decline Nov 19, 10:15 1
        
        FIX IT!! -- nm - Max Nov 19, 10:18
      - grow stuff? in somalia? ... I wonder if they could grow them in the ocean? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 10:08
  - it's something that can only be fixed at the source. - znufrii Nov 19, 10:05 2
    - Somalia effectively has no government or law enforcement. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:10
    - that is true, but the shipping companies can't invade Somalia - decline Nov 19, 10:08
O RLY? -- nm - Blackwater Nov 19, 09:58 5
- I was just about to post this. The Saudis have money, Blackwater will need money after Iraq. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 10:01 4
  - This proposition seems inevitable. It must be cheaper than paying the ransom. -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 10:03 3
    - According to articles I have read, they are considering instead rerouting the ships around the Cape of Good Hope. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:13 2
      - 12 - 13 days increase in travel times at $25,000 more per day roughly. That'll have an impact on prices. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 19, 10:14 1
        
        and yet they seem to prefer it to hiring security. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:18

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