Piracy up 20% in 2003

[Kenazo]

Sea Pirates are crazy

Attacks by sea pirates worldwide increased by 20 per cent last year, with most occurring in Asia and oil and gas tankers being a favoured target, the International Maritime Bureau said on Wednesday.

 

[mpitts]

If only the RIAA could find a way to sue them.

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: mpitts
If only the RIAA could find a way to sue them.

Nah, the MPAA is gonna take this one.

 

[conjur]

HARRRRR!!

 

[Yossarian]

HARRRRRRRRR

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: mpitts
If only the RIAA could find a way to sue them.

once the pirates intercept a boat load of CD's, and then sell them for next to nothing in the US i would bet the RIAA will be after them.

 

[tomwolfman]

let's get john kerry to nuke 'em

 

[ggavinmoss]

Wow, two HARRRR posts concurrently. Somebody alert the authorities.

-geoff

 

[Corporate Thug]

LOL, good stuff

 

[DanTMWTMP]

woa. pirates still exists??..shiet i'm too sheltered damn...

hehe that's coool in a bad way ..yeah..pirates of the modern seas

 

[rudder]

shiver me timbers.

 

Time to fly the Jolly Roger.

 

[dquan97]

Reminds me of that pirate joke where the pirate goes into a bar with a steering wheel in his pants. The batender asks him why he has a steering wheel down there, and the pirate replies "ARRRR, it's driving ME nuts!!"

 

[GreenGhost]

Don't think a tanker would be a good weapon, although it could make a huge kaboom. Wouldn't people notice something is wrong?

Time to rent Depp's movie, if it's already on dvd.

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: GreenGhost
Don't think a tanker would be a good weapon, although it could make a huge kaboom. Wouldn't people notice something is wrong?

Time to rent Depp's movie, if it's already on dvd.

I don't think it would explode. you need an awful lot of air to explode anything, nevermind crude oil. Even Gasoline wouldn't explode, it would just burn. Fire will only occur at the surface of the Gasoline, so at worst you would have a flaming oil slick (which is of course bad).

 

[azazyel]

Time to call Captian Ron...

 

[Tab]

Heh. Looks like they enjoyed PotC.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Roger
Time to fly the Jolly Roger.

Just don't point that "Jolly Roger" at me.

 

[Spike]

The article says they surround the tankers in speedboats. What good does this do? Unless they take the whole ship, what are they gonna do? Grab 50 gallons worth of crude oil in 5 gallon cans and call that an act of piracy? It seems more like lunacy as the spoils are so low while the risk is high. Anyone got any more info on this?

-spike

 

[LongCoolMother]

Originally posted by: Spike
The article says they surround the tankers in speedboats. What good does this do? Unless they take the whole ship, what are they gonna do? Grab 50 gallons worth of crude oil in 5 gallon cans and call that an act of piracy? It seems more like lunacy as the spoils are so low while the risk is high. Anyone got any more info on this?

-spike

uh.... come onboard?

 

[Ranger X]

Butt Pirates up 20% in 2003

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother

Originally posted by: Spike
The article says they surround the tankers in speedboats. What good does this do? Unless they take the whole ship, what are they gonna do? Grab 50 gallons worth of crude oil in 5 gallon cans and call that an act of piracy? It seems more like lunacy as the spoils are so low while the risk is high. Anyone got any more info on this?

-spike

uh.... come onboard?

Ok, come onboard and then what? Hijack the ship? "Um, sir, a 4 cazillion ton ship is "missing", should we do anything about it?" It's not like that would go unnoticed. Besides, what port do you put in a super-tanker thats hijacked and not get noticed? How would you offload the cargo? And why wouldn't someone notice when a "shady" dude suddenly has a million tons of crude oil to sell?

I don't mean to come across rude, I am just curious as to what you could do with it. I understand stealing a tugboat, thats easy to hide. But a tanker?

-spike

 

[DaWhim]

CALL RIAA, DAMNIT!

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Piracy kicks ass.

- M4H

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Piracy kicks ass.

- M4H

real piracy occurs from time to time here too. Thinking of your link to the trucker hat. Semi-trucks do get jacked once and a while, not too common as perhaps it once was, and not as swashbuckling as piracy on the high seas though.