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Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« on: April 13, 2008, 05:47:44 AM »
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THE Royal Navy, once the scourge of brigands on the high seas, has been told by the Foreign Office not to detain pirates because doing so may breach their human rights.

Warships patrolling pirate-infested waters, such as those off Somalia, have been warned that there is also a risk that captured pirates could claim asylum in Britain.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3736239.ece

Yeah, the once-proud empire is now completely dead.
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2008, 05:49:26 AM »
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Iain, you really have to do something... cheesy
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2008, 07:08:56 AM »
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there is also a risk that captured pirates could claim asylum in Britain.
WTF? And even if they can, how about answering them with a 9mm behind the ear and dumping them to the sharks?
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2008, 07:13:15 AM »
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not to detain pirates

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captured pirates could claim asylum


Who said anything about detaining or capturing them ??   rolleyes
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« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2008, 07:18:59 AM »
Quote from: scout26 on April 13, 2008, 06:13:15 AM
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not to detain pirates

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captured pirates could claim asylum


Who said anything about detaining or capturing them ??   rolleyes
Good point. Just blow them out of the water with the heavy guns and then machinegun the survivors...
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« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2008, 07:19:19 AM »
"Pirates? What pirates?"  angel
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2008, 07:26:12 AM »
Notice that's there is not any space set aside on the APS(Anti-Pirate Ship) Fistful's Fault for a brig.   grin

(We need the space for ammo and liquor storage !!)   cool
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« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2008, 08:11:00 AM »
Quote from: scout26 on April 13, 2008, 06:26:12 AM
Notice that's there is not any space set aside on the APS(Anti-Pirate Ship) Fistful's Fault for a brig ??   grin

(We need the space for ammo and liquor storage !!)   cool
And food. Lots of stuff like whole pigs to roast over an open fire, and then wash it down with beer, rum, whiskey or whatever. (Coke and ice tea for those who doesn't drink? Wink)
We obviously need some sentry guns if we are to get drunk around a fire on a beach somewhere, so we can sleep safely under the stars Cheesy.
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2008, 11:53:53 AM »
Quote from: The Viking on April 13, 2008, 06:08:56 AM
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there is also a risk that captured pirates could claim asylum in Britain.
WTF? And even if they can, how about answering them with a 9mm behind the ear and dumping them to the sharks?


Well, this is an interesting dilemma. Pirates or sharia. Bash Britain for being pro-muslim or criticise it for the lesser of two cop outs. Oh the choices, the opportunities.
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2008, 12:38:45 PM »
Catch 22, the average Somali pry is Muslim.

I say we machinegun em' like The Viking said,  and send them to the diety of their choice.  Sharks gotta eat too.
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2008, 01:00:00 PM »
Is Great Britain even really a valid excuse for a country anymore?   sad
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2008, 03:40:43 PM »
There's a simple solution to the "captured pirates may seek asylum" problem: Don't capture any pirates. Just shell their boats until they sink and steam off into the sunset. Maybe leave a silver 4" deck gun round behind so they'll know who that masked man was.
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2008, 04:15:29 PM »
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Maybe leave a silver 4" deck gun round behind so they'll know who that masked man was

Yeah, what should our calling card be?

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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2008, 04:39:03 PM »
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Maybe leave a silver 4" deck gun round behind so they'll know who that masked man was

Yeah, what should our calling card be?



A plastic trash bag full of empty micro-brew bottles, gnawed-upon beef bones, and empty cartridge boxes?
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2008, 06:32:29 PM »
A year or two back . . . didn't the Iranians capture a small boat full of Brit sailors while the captain of the frigate or destroyer they were operating from sat around sucking his thumb and filling his diaper as he waited for instructions from London?
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #15 on: April 13, 2008, 07:49:07 PM »
Quote from: HankB on April 13, 2008, 05:32:29 PM
A year or two back . . . didn't the Iranians capture a small boat full of Brit sailors while the captain of the frigate or destroyer they were operating from sat around sucking his thumb and filling his diaper as he waited for instructions from London?
Wasn't there an Aussie boat that they attempted to board as well, but they ran off after the Aussies started to curse and threaten them?
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #16 on: April 14, 2008, 02:25:31 PM »
Maybe this just calls for a bit of creative misinterpretation...

After all, that's basically saying "take no prisoners".  angel

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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #17 on: April 14, 2008, 02:35:32 PM »
That was my thought as well.  It doesn't actually tell them not to stop the pirates. 
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #18 on: April 14, 2008, 04:27:35 PM »
Pirates should be catch and release.  Toss 'em back and give 'em a chance to grow bigger and procreate.  Then catch 'em again.  It's better sport that way.
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2008, 08:21:24 AM »
I thought the APS ship was HMS Badger?

Geez, if you can't shoot pirates in the UK, WTF can you shoot? 
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #20 on: April 15, 2008, 08:50:56 AM »
The pensioner's home you just broke into?
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #21 on: April 15, 2008, 10:37:38 AM »
Quote from: El Tejon on April 15, 2008, 07:21:24 AM
I thought the APS ship was HMS Badger?

Geez, if you can't shoot pirates in the UK, WTF can you shoot? 
I thought it was the APS Fistful...
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #22 on: April 15, 2008, 11:11:53 AM »
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I thought the APS ship was HMS Badger?

I thought it was the APS Fistful...

Nope, it's the APS Fistful's Fault   grin
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #23 on: April 15, 2008, 12:51:40 PM »
Quote from: Headless Thompson Gunner on April 14, 2008, 03:27:35 PM
Pirates should be catch and release.  Toss 'em back and give 'em a chance to grow bigger and procreate.  Then catch 'em again.  It's better sport that way.

I agree with the "catch and release" policy only the release should take place after their boats are destroyed and miles from shore.  Cheesy
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Re: Well, Britain can't help with the pirates...
« Reply #24 on: April 16, 2008, 03:17:36 AM »
So that would be catch, release, watch and laugh.
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