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Teachers and Students => Debates => Topic started by: astarmathsandphysics on December 01, 2008, 01:39:01 pm
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The pirates operating off Somalia have turned to piracy because foreign trawlers have fished all their fish. I don't see how they can be criticsed for having found another way to make a living. Good for them!
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yeah, very strong point, only if everyone was like you ;D
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Haha I love the South Park episode about it... epic :D
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the problem of the pirates in Somalia is that they are poor, no money, no food, no water its like in hell .. I put the blame on the rich countries if they helped the Somalians they will no attack those ships ..
the pirates made a big problem as USA, France, Russia, and all strong powers toke this advantage to come in the Arabs territories with no respect to the Arabs seas ..
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the somali pirates are capable of so much
with small boats they have captured so big ships with high security
what will they do if they r given a bit bigger ships with little weapons
we shld put them in our countries naval armies...LOL :D
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lol mejerar
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rofl good points!! lol
i agree that its partially others faults that they have turned to piracy
but in the end of the day they are bad guys and if we go easy on them because they're poor + we feel sorry for them and that was their last chance of survival its the same as if were cheering them on
and soo many innocent people are victims of their crimes
i mean so what if they were treated badly??! at least they should take it as men and stand up straight and not give in to the temptation of robbing other peoples hard earned work(not in most cases ;D) but still i hope u get the picture!!
i mean as they say 2 bads dont make a good..??! [is that even correct?? :D]
.... /oh man im really bad at explaining myself :-[....
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How do we know that these pirates are good or bad? Maybe they are mercenaries and militants oppressing their own people as the situation is in many Central African ,Asian and South American countries. Maybe they are like robin hood, helping their people while stealing from the rich. But holding sailors hostage is not a very good thing to do. After all, the sailors have families too. And they have held sailors of poor countries, like the Philippines. These countries don't have enough money to negotiate the release of their citizens who have been held hostage. It would be more acceptable if they had been targeting the richer and more prosperous countries and they didn't take any hostages. :)
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This is only my opinion ppl. Please don't start swearing at me ;D xDD
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They do target rich countries. Their hostage includes the ship and cargo too.
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But they also attack the poorer countries. And they take the sailors hostages as well. They should only target the rich countries.
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haha hbdkiwi u saw the south park episode, yeah that was good...
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/225458/
and i think... that u should read one of those interviews they'd had with one of the pirates. yes, their life was **** before, but now, they've all got like 4x4's and smoke whatever big names they have in the cigar market. yeah, they should somehow show revenge, but shouldnt they stop now before what happens in the end of the episode happens in real?
(the US president decides that if the pirates have developed light sabers, its very bad, and so they send a ship filled with marines and snipers or whatever and it goes pssew pssew psssew and all the pirates are headshotted and dead on the floor. and kyle goes... da ****)
(sorry i just love that end bit)
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haha hbdkiwi u saw the south park episode, yeah that was good...
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/225458/
and i think... that u should read one of those interviews they'd had with one of the pirates. yes, their life was **** before, but now, they've all got like 4x4's and smoke whatever big names they have in the cigar market. yeah, they should somehow show revenge, but shouldnt they stop now before what happens in the end of the episode happens in real?
(the US president decides that if the pirates have developed light sabers, its very bad, and so they send a ship filled with marines and snipers or whatever and it goes pssew pssew psssew and all the pirates are headshotted and dead on the floor. and kyle goes... da ****)
(sorry i just love that end bit)
haha me too :)
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Where did the pirates get the ammunition and ships/boats for such attacks?
Talking parrots.
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1) As astar said, Westerners have unrightfully fished everything (not just fish, even corals and other sea "treasures" )
2) Its their land, I find it puzzling why they don't get taxes
3) Yea i do agree with what they're doing, but only to the rich countries that exploited them; what was up with the Yemeni ship they jacked? that was a bit funny lol, thehy demanded 2 Mllion, when the Yemenis said they cant afford it they settled for 200 thousand :D
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They got some money though. They should stick to western cruise ships though.