Thanks for the link, I copied it but forgot to paste it.
@Kknudsen, read the link, they are unarmed.

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lawyers are involved because the sailors are from America or England or wherever. The only Africans are the pirates. IOW, the kind of people who would've sued the airlines for getting hijacked by Saudi terrorists are the same who would sue the American vessel for presuming to get robbed by pirates.

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well, shouldn't the airlines have adequate security?

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

again, i just don't see the legal profession as the root of the problem.

kinda whacky reasoning. like pickles and ice cream.

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

Even fire hoses/water cannons would suffice.

Also tear gas, nests to entangle pirate boat propellers;

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They had adequate security. If I carjack you and run over someone in your car, shouldn't you have stopped me from carjacking you?

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no. i am not a policeman. carjacking is illegal. i dont think i would be held liable.

an airline sells me a ticket, they are promising a safe flight. and they have the right to have armed guards on site. or in the air. (remember "sky marshalls" in the 70's?)

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

the way you put it together, you are absolutely right. But I don't believe anybody alleged that lawyers are the problem in piracy. That came from your fevered brow. This is one of those red herring thingies, ain't it?

Ever been on a ship at sea? It would take a hell of a sniper to hit an engine.

Hijacking is illegal too. That's where the term carjacking comes from.

Sometimes the bad guys find a way.

This is irrelevant anyway. If a sailor got shot by a pirate, the sailor's family sues the ship owner. If the sailors are known not to defend themselves, no one has a need to shoot them.

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Would you argue that no property owner has been sued for protecting his property with deadly force?

the biggest problem with arming the ships is that they will use the arms unsuccessfully, then instead of paying out a couple mil ransom, they lose 100mil ship and 100 mil cargo when one of these yahoos shoots an RPG through the side of a non armored hull.

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the crew can't have guns on the ship because in a firefight stowaway illegal aliens might get hurt and lawyers would sue the crew for damages.

was this not your uh statement?

red herring? well, maybe if blood spilled into the bait tank?

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

It would take more than a single rpg since modern vessels are compartmentalized. But your point stands anyway.

They need to stop paying the ransoms...the more they pay the more ships will get attacked. Can't these pea brain morons see that they are causing their own problem?

The best way to deal with pirates as the Brit's know is to flush them out and kill them. We know where there base is so why is there not a multi national navel force dropping shells on it and killing these SOB's?

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