Comments on: Pirates drown with their ransom http://blog.chungyc.org/2009/01/pirates-drown-with-their-ransom/ Random musings in a variety of subjects, from science to religion. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Yoo http://blog.chungyc.org/2009/01/pirates-drown-with-their-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Yoo Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:07:37 +0000 http://blog.chungyc.org/?p=1758#comment-471 Test comment ... Test comment …

]]> By: Yoo http://blog.chungyc.org/2009/01/pirates-drown-with-their-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Yoo Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:06:35 +0000 http://blog.chungyc.org/?p=1758#comment-470 IntenseDebate threading is going screwy again ... IntenseDebate threading is going screwy again …

]]> By: Yoo http://blog.chungyc.org/2009/01/pirates-drown-with-their-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Yoo Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:32:28 +0000 http://blog.chungyc.org/?p=1758#comment-239 This is just a followup to the news itself on <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/12/somalia.pirates/" target="_blank">how the capsizing happened</a>. This is just a followup to the news itself on how the capsizing happened.

]]> By: Yoo http://blog.chungyc.org/2009/01/pirates-drown-with-their-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Yoo Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:12:32 +0000 http://blog.chungyc.org/?p=1758#comment-234 To db0: Our argument is going in circles, with myself believing that Somalian pirates are committing despicable acts, unfortunately because they're forced into it, with you arguing otherwise (the despicable part, not the forced part), so I'm closing the discussion on this particular thread. Unless there's new insight or new direction (preferably from someone other than you or myself), I'll be deleting any followups to the thread, and as this is my own blog, I'm exercising dictatorial powers and having the last word. We'll just have to agree to disagree. I see your point, and I hope you see my own, but of course you may be fully justified in considering my opinion to be ridiculous. The thread is just getting too much out of control too quickly. To db0: Our argument is going in circles, with myself believing that Somalian pirates are committing despicable acts, unfortunately because they're forced into it, with you arguing otherwise (the despicable part, not the forced part), so I'm closing the discussion on this particular thread. Unless there's new insight or new direction (preferably from someone other than you or myself), I'll be deleting any followups to the thread, and as this is my own blog, I'm exercising dictatorial powers and having the last word.

We'll just have to agree to disagree. I see your point, and I hope you see my own, but of course you may be fully justified in considering my opinion to be ridiculous. The thread is just getting too much out of control too quickly.

]]> By: Yoo http://blog.chungyc.org/2009/01/pirates-drown-with-their-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Yoo Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:11:54 +0000 http://blog.chungyc.org/?p=1758#comment-238 If they're trying to scare off ships, I just wish they could only go against the ones that are harming their coasts, not commit piracy against unrelated cargo ships. (This will the be the last word on this discussion thread. Being the last word doesn't mean it's right, for anyone who's bothered to read the whole thread.) If they're trying to scare off ships, I just wish they could only go against the ones that are harming their coasts, not commit piracy against unrelated cargo ships.

(This will the be the last word on this discussion thread. Being the last word doesn't mean it's right, for anyone who's bothered to read the whole thread.)

]]> By: Yoo http://blog.chungyc.org/2009/01/pirates-drown-with-their-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Yoo Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:09:05 +0000 http://blog.chungyc.org/?p=1758#comment-237 The rest seems to be back. The rest seems to be back.

]]> By: Yoo http://blog.chungyc.org/2009/01/pirates-drown-with-their-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Yoo Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:04:34 +0000 http://blog.chungyc.org/?p=1758#comment-236 I only see 24 comments in the thread. Where are the remaining 11?!? I only see 24 comments in the thread. Where are the remaining 11?!?

]]> By: Yoo http://blog.chungyc.org/2009/01/pirates-drown-with-their-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Yoo Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:53:30 +0000 http://blog.chungyc.org/?p=1758#comment-231 OK, maybe I'm wrong about this point then, although this wasn't the impression I got when I read Ayaan Hirsi Ali's "Infidel", whose own father was part of the movement that toppled the central government (quite justifiably, in my eyes), and where I got the impression that it was Somalians who were the main actors in the civil war, even if they received material support from Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. After Somalia's rapid deterioration, maybe it <em>is</em> the United States' fault that prolonged it much longer such that the country is still a mess today ... OK, maybe I'm wrong about this point then, although this wasn't the impression I got when I read Ayaan Hirsi Ali's "Infidel", whose own father was part of the movement that toppled the central government (quite justifiably, in my eyes), and where I got the impression that it was Somalians who were the main actors in the civil war, even if they received material support from Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. After Somalia's rapid deterioration, maybe it is the United States' fault that prolonged it much longer such that the country is still a mess today …

]]> By: Yoo http://blog.chungyc.org/2009/01/pirates-drown-with-their-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Yoo Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:39:01 +0000 http://blog.chungyc.org/?p=1758#comment-233 I don't think it's impossible, no, and with enough public outrage and political will, I really do think they will. I don't think it's impossible, no, and with enough public outrage and political will, I really do think they will.

]]> By: db0 http://blog.chungyc.org/2009/01/pirates-drown-with-their-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-232 db0 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:36:36 +0000 http://blog.chungyc.org/?p=1758#comment-232 <blockquote>I "know full well"? I'm just too naive, then. </blockquote> You seriously think that the ones responsible are going to be caught and punished? Seriously?

I "know full well"? I'm just too naive, then.

You seriously think that the ones responsible are going to be caught and punished? Seriously?

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