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Originally Posted by redyaris
...only 17 pirates in 2000...  let me check if Sumalia is still part of Planet Earth...  |
I thought about that to, not sure which 17 people there counting. Maybe Caribbean pirates like history's famous piracy location?
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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
You'd expect that as the oceans rise, taking more of the Earth's surface, there would be more pirates- not fewer.
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I'd bet if/when they start to rise to an alarming level, you will see more piratical forms.
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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Not to mention the Russian Arctic, and other places where Greenpeace et. al. carry out 'protest' actions that arguably are piracy under the law.
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Now that's just a whole nother ball game! The question is where do you go from piracy to terrorists? They're not stealing, they are destroying and mutilating.