Hunting Somali Pirates - ROFL

[orangetea]

This news article made me laugh out very loud.


Armed private yachts offering pirate-hunting cruises off Somalia

Rich Russians with money to burn can sign up for pirate-hunting cruises on armed private yachts off the Somali coast, the website Ananova reports. Wealthy punters pay $6,620 a day to patrol the most dangerous waters in the world hoping to be attacked by raiders.

When attacked, they retaliate with grenade launchers, machine guns and rocket launchers, says the Austrian business paper Wirtschaftsblatt. For an extra $9.45 a day they get an AK-47 machine gun, pictured, while 100 rounds of ammo cost $13.25.

They are also protected by a squad of former special forces. The yachts travel from Djibouti in Somalia to Mombasa in Kenya.

They deliberately cruise close to the coast at a speed of just five nautical miles in an attempt to attract the interest of pirates.

National Post June 25th

[blakjak]

Sounds like a fun new sport.

[LuckyJim]

I'm positive nothing could go wrong with that plan.

[Byrns]

They must be good at patching up the bullet holes after each cruise.

[TheCheez]

They charge $6600 a day then nickle and dime the weapon and ammo?? What?

[JAC]

I can't decide if this is really sick or friggin' cool.

[krozet]

I can't decide if this is really sick or friggin' cool.

Sick or cool I can't think of anything else anyone has done that will help PREVENT piracy more than this. Pirate or not, you think they want to risk an RPG confrontation?

[v_tofu]

So do you get your money back if you don't see any skinnys?

[twotterdhc6]

Djibouti in Somalia??

No wonder this is from the National Post... :rolleyes:

[Cr0at1a]

This is way cool

This is not "murder" but self defense.
If attacked then you have right to defend yourself

[prying eyes]

reminds me of the film "HOSTEL".

[nuberific]

I can't decide if this is really sick or friggin' cool.

So by sick, do you mean disturbing, or badass?

[ricoboxing]

So do you get your money back if you don't see any skinnys?

lol

no but you get your next trip at 50%

[infinite.chaoz]

Fun for the whole family. Perfect summer vaca idea.

[Imran DeRoy]

So do you get your money back if you don't see any skinnys?


Keep your dehumanizing military slang to yourself, lowlife.


You could have just as easily said 'pirates'. Instead you use the derogatory term in a long line of derogatory military terms in the long tradition of the US using such terms to denigrate and and designate local peoples worth less than their own.

Do you dare say Gook on this board? You'd rightly be strangled.


Ignorant pig.

[Cr0at1a]

So do you think that if Somalia was a superpower that they would not have derogatory terms for us North American whities/crackers/paleskins/ghosts?

[Imran DeRoy]

So do you think that if Somalia was a superpower that they would not have derogatory terms for us North American whities/crackers/paleskins/ghosts?


Infact they already do, and not only for you poor 'whities', and what is your point? Is it justification for using the word here? Is it invalidation of the long tradition of the US military's denigrating terms for local peoples? Is it OMG UR BEING SO PC?

Go thump your chest some more. Some of you people struggle a great deal with aversive racism.

[Cr0at1a]

Which superpower has not had derogatory terms for their enemies?

Racism yes - but is not piracy in effect racism also?
I do not see them attacking African boats.

[twotterdhc6]

*snip*

Had a bad day, huh?

It's Friday afternoon. Why don't you go out for a beer or something instead?

[Imran DeRoy]

Which superpower has not had derogatory terms for their enemies?

Racism yes - but is not piracy in effect racism also?
I do not see them attacking African boats.


You are in great need of skills in reading comprehension.

As I said : 'Infact they already do, and what is your point?'


What was your point?

And what is it now?

This person used a term that is used as a racist and derogatory term, and one that is used to dehumanize as all racist terms are meant to do, for Somalis.

He could have easily denigrated only the pirates, who are criminals and are asking for what they get, whether it be being picked off by fat wealthy Russian men or being looted and murdered once back onshore by other pirates. They're looters, thieves and murderers, and deserve whose sympathy? Not mine, nor yours, nor anyone's.


But no, he decides to use a racist term that is used to ridicule all Somalis.


Does this make it easy for you? It is a modern equivalent of 'ni**er*'.

There's a scale out there for people like yourselves - the Modern Racism Scale developed by social psychologists concerned about aversive racists.

[Imran DeRoy]

Had a bad day, huh?

It's Friday afternoon. Why don't you go out for a beer or something instead?


The day has only begun, my friend. Perhaps refrain from defining for others what you see as acceptable as such. Have a beer for me and thump your chest while you're at it.

[eightyeight]

The day has only begun, my friend. Perhaps refrain from defining for others what you see as acceptable as such. Have a beer for me and thump your chest while you're at it.

It's getting hot in hurrrr.

[hunt3rshadow]

wallahe

[Menthol]

wallahe

is that another dehumanizing slang that us non military population do know about ?:D

[sxz]

is that another dehumanizing slang that us non military population do know about ?:D

No, it's a phrase often used by Somalians which means "I swear to Allah".

[custy]

What if they encounter a bunch of Somali badass militants like from Black Hawk Down? Even the American special forces had that much trouble dealing with the armed bushmen...

[chadjustine]

You are in great need of skills in reading comprehension.

As I said : 'Infact they already do, and what is your point?'


What was your point?

And what is it now?

This person used a term that is used as a racist and derogatory term, and one that is used to dehumanize as all racist terms are meant to do, for Somalis.

He could have easily denigrated only the pirates, who are criminals and are asking for what they get, whether it be being picked off by fat wealthy Russian men or being looted and murdered once back onshore by other pirates. They're looters, thieves and murderers, and deserve whose sympathy? Not mine, nor yours, nor anyone's.


But no, he decides to use a racist term that is used to ridicule all Somalis.


Does this make it easy for you? It is a modern equivalent of 'ni**er*'.

There's a scale out there for people like yourselves - the Modern Racism Scale developed by social psychologists concerned about aversive racists.


You are highly amusing. Please keep going.

[chadjustine]

This thread reminds me of a picture I saw a few years ago, just after the US went into Iraq.

It was a picture of a bunch of US soldiers, laying in the sand. One of their faces was replaced with that of Elmer Fudd. The caption was something akin to "be vewy vewy qwiet. We're hunting Iwaqui's."

It was surely in bad taste but I had to chuckle at it. That crazy Mr. Fudd.

[blainehamilton]

Mowing down Somali pirates with RPGs and machine gun fire? Making the world a better place!


Soon they will introduce Nigerian city safaris where you hunt down and kill 419 scammers working from their homes...

[Cr0at1a]

I don't think you "hunt" the pirates.

You use a honeypot strategy to entice them to attack you.
Then you defend yourself.
There is a big difference in that the pirates make the first move.

[JAC]

Soon they will introduce Nigerian city safaris where you hunt down and kill 419 scammers working from their homes...

Now that I would pay $6000 a day for.:twisted:

[Imran DeRoy]

You are highly amusing. Please keep going.

People like you said the same thing in the sixties. You are nothing new with your attempt at internet coy cleverness.

Is there some sort of selective learning applied in this cycle? Do these people have to be taught all over again every time they learn a new racial moniker that it's not OK, like spoiled children? Decade after decade, it certainly seems that way.

[deuce]

is there an on-site taxidermist?
imagine a pirate head above the mantle.. what a coversation piece that would be

[Imran DeRoy]

is there an on-site taxidermist?
imagine a pirate head above the mantle.. what a coversation piece that would be


I know, so awesome. Not happy with the lame trophy shots you'd get with the military, huh? I hear you. Man, why even suggest the same for white thieves - wouldn't look so good up on the wall, you know? Get kinda gray around the eyes, you can see the imperfections after awhile. Look at Lenin.

[deuce]

I know, so awesome. Not happy with the lame trophy shots you'd get with the military, huh? I hear you. Man, why even suggest the same for white thieves - wouldn't look so good up on the wall, you know? Get kinda gray around the eyes, you can see the imperfections after awhile. Look at Lenin.

i dont allow white people into my home. not even as trophies.

[Imran DeRoy]

i dont allow white people into my home. not even as trophies.



Issues much?

[chadjustine]

Issues much?


Hello pot. This is kettle.

[yucksta]

many dont know that this piracy started off as fisherman protecting their waters from foreigners illegally fishing in their waters and reportedly western nations illegally dumping crap (nuclear waste? even) into their waters.

[Sprite09]

many dont know that this piracy started off as fisherman protecting their waters from foreigners illegally fishing in their waters and reportedly western nations illegally dumping crap (nuclear waste? even) into their waters.

Damm Europeans!!! lol. j/k

Does not justify taking hostages for ransom, even if they were fishermen or not. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfiHHrBqRVA

This is sick because it should be the job of military professionals not marketed as a human hunt. Sure I would like to see the pirates killed if they are continuing to take ships and innocent people hostage but it should not be done in a "tourist cruise safari".

I wonder what international law is regarding this especially since it is in international waters.
Implications are scary. You could see video of pirate hunts on liveleak for example.

[Cr0at1a]

Why are people forgetting one fundamental fact - the people on the yacht are NOT attacking anyone. They are NOT hunting anyone.

I think everyone agrees that it is legally OK to defend yourself if attacked.

[Lawl and Order]

Keep your dehumanizing military slang to yourself, lowlife.


You could have just as easily said 'pirates'. Instead you use the derogatory term in a long line of derogatory military terms in the long tradition of the US using such terms to denigrate and and designate local peoples worth less than their own.

Do you dare say Gook on this board? You'd rightly be strangled.


Ignorant pig.
internet strangulation? :confused:

[yucksta]

Damm Europeans!!! lol. j/k

Does not justify taking hostages for ransom, even if they were fishermen or not. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfiHHrBqRVA

This is sick because it should be the job of military professionals not marketed as a human hunt. Sure I would like to see the pirates killed if they are continuing to take ships and innocent people hostage but it should not be done in a "tourist cruise safari".

I wonder what international law is regarding this especially since it is in international waters.
Implications are scary. You could see video of pirate hunts on liveleak for example.

Never said it justified anything. Just posting about what I know about the origins of the pirates, not condoning their piracy.

[krozet]

Never said it justified anything. Just posting about what I know about the origins of the pirates, not condoning their piracy.

There were may reasons that it started, you are very right that people felt the need to protect themselves and their way of life. Add to that the total lack of social structure on land and virtually no law enforcement, well it did fester.

That being said, whether this bait and shoot is ethical or not I still find that this might be the only thing to actually detour piracy. Right now there are very little consequences for their actions and the risk / reward is just to get too be a pirate in this area of the world.

I love boating and liveaboard cruisers are being taken hostage / killed just for sailing slowly enough to be caught. These people are not dumping toxic waste or fishing the waters clean.

Imran DeRoy - Arguing on the internet is like the Special Olympics, even if you win... you know...