OMG and Link Salad, Pre-Windycon Edition
I'm going to Windycon this weekend, and tomorrow's a bank holiday, so this is probably the last post for the week. (My schedule at the con is here.)
On the "OMG" front, I saw Rick Perry's brain freeze at the debate last night. Now, as a writer who forgets his characters' names, I sympathize with the man. On the other hand, write it down! He had ( Read more... )
On the "OMG" front, I saw Rick Perry's brain freeze at the debate last night. Now, as a writer who forgets his characters' names, I sympathize with the man. On the other hand, write it down! He had ( Read more... )
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If actions at sea by private security become more violent, is it not possible the actions by pirate attackers will also become more violent?
I find this risible: the pirates are already seizing and capturing ships, holding their crews for ransom, and murdering anyone who resists or can't be ransomed; which is about the most that they can do. The argument that "Oh no, we mustn't make the pirates angry! They might do terrible things if they got angry! is part of the problem: the pirates need to be hunted down and killed rather than appeased; obviously it's impossible to catch all the pirates, but by making piracy more dangerous for the pirates, it becomes a less attractive option.
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WHO is going to hunt down and kill the pirates? WHO is going to pay for this? Do you invade the sovereign, albeit barely so, territory of the pirates who are currently working out of half a dozen countries around Africa, do you allow private forces to do this? How do you prevent the police authorities and government authorities in the countries they're operating out of, such that they are, of reacting.
In other words, like many of your suggestions, it feels like you're a 14 year old annoyed that mum and dad aren't letting you take the car our for a spin...
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Ideally, the navies of the Great Powers: however, they seem to be letting the world down on the job. In the meantime, I don't see a problem with commercial shipowners hiring mercenaries to put down the pirates.
Do you invade the sovereign, albeit barely so, territory of the pirates who are currently working out of half a dozen countries around Africa, do you allow private forces to do this?
The article did not discuss having the mercenaries attack the pirate bases -- it was my understanding that the mercenaries would merely escort the merchant shipping. So this problem doesn't come up.
How do you prevent the police authorities and government authorities in the countries they're operating out of, such that they are, of reacting.Any country which is unwilling to put down pirates in their own waters but is willing to attack those attempting to put down pirates in their own waters is sanctioning the pirates, and would therefore be choosing to go to war ( ... )
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