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vaskidmark

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Let the pirate pity party begin
« on: February 16, 2011, 04:02:12 PM »
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/16/somali-teen-pirate-sentenced-to-33-years-in-prison/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl3%7Csec3_lnk3%7C201745

Poor, poor, pitiful me.

Mommy sells milk in the market and Daddy has a herd of camels and a herd of goats.

I'm just a spoiled little rich lid led astray.

Maybe when he gets out in 33 years and 9 months his homeland will have improved.  Maybe. [/cynicism]

stay safe.
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Re: Let the pirate pity party begin
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2011, 04:49:39 PM »
The other way to look at it is he doesn't have to go back to Somalia for 33 years!  Sort of a win-win really.
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Re: Let the pirate pity party begin
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2011, 05:20:22 PM »
Quote from: 41magsnub on February 16, 2011, 04:49:39 PM
The other way to look at it is he doesn't have to go back to Somalia for 33 years!  Sort of a win-win really.

And he gets fed three times a day!
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Re: Let the pirate pity party begin
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2011, 05:22:33 PM »
Comment on there:

"Wow, 33 years! Free food, free medical care, free clothing for 33 years. That has to be better than living in Somalia. Expect to see hundreds more streaming into our prisons (aka "paradise" to the Somali's)"

Yeahhhhh.... that's what I'm expecting to happen, actually. Dang. Precedent was set, oh well. What happened to hanging someone when they're caught red-handed (see what I did there? :D) and are a pirate? It's one of the VERY few cases where the death penalty makes sense, which I am normally 100% against.
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Re: Let the pirate pity party begin
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2011, 07:30:55 PM »
I think I'd take US Federal prison over Somalia.
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Re: Let the pirate pity party begin
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2011, 07:34:39 PM »
Quote from: PTK on February 16, 2011, 05:22:33 PM
Precedent was set....

From another point of view, the precedent could be "you have a 25% chance of getting fed for the next few decades, but a 75% chance of becoming chum." I seem to recall 3 of his compatriots getting shot in the face for their troubles.
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Re: Let the pirate pity party begin
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2011, 09:36:07 PM »
The scum will probably earn a PhD while he's in prison, and return to become president of Somalia.
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Re: Let the pirate pity party begin
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2011, 11:18:25 PM »
I think this would be a could case for "High altitude repatriation".
Round trip, non-stop "training" flight for the air crew. Fly over offenders home country, open door, eject offender over his home land.  A few multi-language fliers added to explain the situation.
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