Why isn't this piracy?

[General Ludd]

Piracy is cool. Activism is cool.

Activist pirates are the coolest thing ever.


And the green peace activists who do this do tend to get arrested, I believe. It's worth it though.


EDIT: Actually, they often risk being shot and killed by the crew when they're doing this. They know what they're doing.

[Skanky Burns]

I think it is counted as Green Peace getting even. They are down one ship after the French "accidently" ran a military ship through the GP one, afterall.

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
I think it is counted as Green Peace getting even. They are down one ship after the French "accidently" ran a military ship through the GP one, afterall.

I don't know if you're old enough to remember, but didn't they (the French) plant a bomb and sunk the ship while in the harbour?

[Urban Ranger]

IIRC, the French sent frogmen to set demo charges on the previous Rainbow Warrior.

[Last Conformist]

Actually piracy for money is alive and vibrant on the high seas (why is it called high seas, when all sea is at... sea-level?) especially in the Carribean and South-East Pacific.

The South-East Pacific? That's fairly empty ... do you mean the waters off SE Asia? I'm told the South China Sea has the highest pirate density in the world.

[problem_child]

Yeah that place.

[Pekka]

I support what is called the SC Security procedures. JUst now browsing through the 'ship safety' section and furthermore the 'against activist invasion' topic, I see that the recommended actions is to open up the less-lethal-weapons-safety-box provided by PWS, take out the batons and electric shocker killers (by PWS also). Shoot the electric shocker killers and put the nice vibrations to maximum and blast them for good 10 seconds and watch them go limp. Then take out the PWS designed Youth Instructor Batons (YIB) and target the legs and arms of attackers. Then just throw them over to the sea.

[Chemical Ollie]

Or practice golf on them, like Bruce Willis in "Armageddon"

(What would Ming do?)

[Pekka]

Chemical Ollie, oh yeah, that's was a funny bit

[Urban Ranger]

Throwing people into the sea will probably net you murder charges.

[Pekka]

UR, self defense.

[Dinner]

PC: Mainly because it's in the news while the other forms currently aren't. I'd be all for hanging any pirate who uses violence on the high seas. If they are just activists who are behaving like pirates then there intent is different so instead of hanging them I'd make an example out of them by handing out long prison sentences to everyone involved including any national or international leadership of the organization which knew of this act of piracy, inspired people into commiting acts of piracy, or who OKed their organization's use of piracy.

All of these people should be charged and if they are found guilty then they need to spend many long years rotting in prison cells as an example for others thinking of becoming pirates for a cause du jour.

[Tattila the Hun]

Maybe they consider themselves privateers, working for the GP gov.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Throwing people into the sea will probably net you murder charges.

It depends. If they're unconcious and you just toss them over board then yes, but, if you are struggling against boarders and you wack one over the head with a club and he falls over board...

[General Ludd]

I see pekka is still going on about 'PWS'.