You Are Being Lied to About Pirates?

OhZone · 01-05-2009

There are still pirates? OHNOES!

"Who imagined that in 2009, the world's governments would be declaring a new War on Pirates? As you read this, the British Royal Navy - backed by the ships of more than two dozen nations, from the US to China - is sailing into Somalian waters to take on men we still picture as parrot-on-the-shoulder pantomime villains. They will soon be fighting Somalian ships and even chasing the pirates onto land, into one of the most broken countries on earth. But behind the arrr-me-hearties oddness of this tale, there is an untold scandal. The people our governments are labeling as "one of the great menace of our times" have an extraordinary story to tell -- and some justice on their side."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann..._b_155147.html

Silver Spoon · 01-05-2009

I guess that Overboard strip was more right than I thought it was for depicting modern day pirates.

Ty311 · 01-05-2009

Using the Huffington Post to claim moral high ground for a bunch of barbaric thugs is quite preposterous ? the contributors to that website have the collective IQ of a dead trout, and will support anything that is not considered acceptable by the vast majority of society simply because it gives them attention. One cannot justify horrid behavior with revolting behavior, and sprinkling logical fallacies throughout one?s shoddy ?reporting? doesn?t help garner legitimacy, either.

The fact is that the pirates are nothing more than murderous gangsters, bred from a generations-old criminal culture. They have no righteous (or legitimate) motivations in justifying wrongs, or feeding their children - ALL they desire is weapons, money and power.

Snowglare · 01-06-2009

Exactly! Pirates are awesome.

MissChievous · 01-06-2009

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Somalia/

Aye! That they be! Yarrr!!!

01-05-2009	#1
OhZone OhYeah! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 38,933	You Are Being Lied to About Pirates? There are still pirates? OHNOES! "Who imagined that in 2009, the world's governments would be declaring a new War on Pirates? As you read this, the British Royal Navy - backed by the ships of more than two dozen nations, from the US to China - is sailing into Somalian waters to take on men we still picture as parrot-on-the-shoulder pantomime villains. They will soon be fighting Somalian ships and even chasing the pirates onto land, into one of the most broken countries on earth. But behind the arrr-me-hearties oddness of this tale, there is an untold scandal. The people our governments are labeling as "one of the great menace of our times" have an extraordinary story to tell -- and some justice on their side." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann..._b_155147.html __________________ -

01-05-2009	#2
Silver Spoon Mostly gone Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,122	Re: You Are Being Lied to About Pirates? I guess that Overboard strip was more right than I thought it was for depicting modern day pirates.

01-05-2009	#3
Ty311 Process Fan Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 43	Re: You Are Being Lied to About Pirates? Using the Huffington Post to claim moral high ground for a bunch of barbaric thugs is quite preposterous ? the contributors to that website have the collective IQ of a dead trout, and will support anything that is not considered acceptable by the vast majority of society simply because it gives them attention. One cannot justify horrid behavior with revolting behavior, and sprinkling logical fallacies throughout one?s shoddy ?reporting? doesn?t help garner legitimacy, either. The fact is that the pirates are nothing more than murderous gangsters, bred from a generations-old criminal culture. They have no righteous (or legitimate) motivations in justifying wrongs, or feeding their children - ALL they desire is weapons, money and power.

01-06-2009	#4
Snowglare Process Master Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 886	Re: You Are Being Lied to About Pirates? Exactly! Pirates are awesome.

01-06-2009	#5
MissChievous Ankle-biting Megalomaniac Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 20	Re: You Are Being Lied to About Pirates? http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Somalia/ Aye! That they be! Yarrr!!!