Two aspects of piracy (MARAUDING)

[Daddy B]

Good article on piracy.

Seizing foreign vessels and crews makes sense to Somalis when confronted with the illegal raiding of fishing stocks.
Not only everyone should pay taxes but the big, foreign fishing boats catch species they haven't got permits for and accrue huge profits (hold on, maybe it's convenient having to contend with the odd act of piracy, after all...).

What's the moral basis for condemning Somali lawlessness when these huge factory-fishing boats take advantage of it for pure profit and endanger the future subsistence of entire populations in already deprived countries?

Then, we have the Basque piracy: copying books and violating intellectual rights... not something vital for survival like catching fish, is it?

[Just Lucky]

I noted it was not only Basque fishermen who are accused of perhaps overfishing the area. This is a international problem in many fisheries around the world. Seems to me the writer has a grudge against Basques because of his book being copied. I suppose that is understandable from his point of view.

On the other hand I wonder why he had not approached anyone about having it printed in Basque?

[Babaloo]

me thinks the Somalia pirates give a sh*t about fishing rights

[Daddy B]

Originally Posted by Babaloo

me thinks the Somalia pirates give a sh*t about fishing rights

Of course most of them don't, but most of them are fishermen.
The reasoning is that some commit crime out of seeing their livelihood abused without legal redress.
Some others will do it out of ill-feeling against the countries who seek to bring them to justice without imposing justice on their own.

Maybe a minority, granted, but I think there is something in it.

I personally do not know any Somali pirates, therefore I can't comment peremptorily either way: all I know for sure is that there are always two or more sides to a story.

[Mindbender]

A friend of mine from art college thought he'd have a change of life one day and went to the fishing ports in Cornwall looking for a job.

Being a pirate wasn't on offer but he ended up on a fishing boat for 6 months spending most of the time clinging to boat in rough weather and vomiting.

Not one of his best decisions. Another classic was stealing a double decker bus while drunk to get home as he couldn't get a taxi. He was woken the next morning with Poilce at the door as he'd only parked the evidence right outside!

[Daddy B]

Originally Posted by Mindbender

A friend of mine from art college thought he'd have a change of life one day and went to the fishing ports in Cornwall looking for a job.

Being a pirate wasn't on offer but he ended up on a fishing boat for 6 months spending most of the time clinging to boat in rough weather and vomiting.

Not one of his best decisions. Another classic was stealing a double decker bus while drunk to get home as he couldn't get a taxi. He was woken the next morning with Poilce at the door as he'd only parked the evidence right outside!

Is your friend Somali?

[Mindbender]

No he's Sowiltshire.


I've just noticed all my typos!

I have a good excuse this week though

[Rissask]

Originally Posted by Mindbender

No he's Sowiltshire.


I've just noticed all my typos!

I have a good excuse this week though

Oh? Injured finger(s)? Constant state of drunkenness?