Hypothetical International Incident

[Pekka]

I'd rescue the chinese dudes and make them have their mouths covered, and stick their noses into Michael Moore's stomach gaps, after he has gone through Godfather trilogy in a row wearing yesterdays t-shirt and no AC or shower in between. Then after 5 minutes of breathing only that, I will ask for the information I need. If not, I reckon another minute or two in the gutgaps will do the job.

[BlackCat]

nah, sending the crew to Zkribblers "beach" while the negotiations goes on and at the end US is stuck with a buch of asylumapplicants

[Zkribbler]

Uh, I found someone's bikini top. Does it belong to anyone here, or should I just hang onto it to keep it from being stolen?

[DerSchwarzfalke]

The Chinese on board would be forcibly naturalized and ordered to live the rest of their lives living the American Dream. The boat would be converted into a measly yacht and sold on EBay for extra cash as "that famous Chinese boat." The spy stuff would be used to roll joints ... of pencil shreddings, which would be freely distributed up the California coast.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


It's in the harbor in Santa Barbara! There's all kinds of artsy-farsy people selling arts and crafts on the boardwalk. There's coeds from UCSB laying nearly naked on the beach. Do we really want to nuke the place?

yes

[DRoseDARs]

Seize the trawler, confiscate anything on the ship that has nothing to do with trawling, and send the ship'n'crew back (under minimal escort) with its hold full of fresh fish packed in ice.

[Lancer]

One of the things I find right with the world is that such decisions are not mine.

I suppose I'd strip the trauler, keep all the secret stuff and refit it as a true trauler and give it and the crew back.

[Lancer]

Erm, what DRoseDARs said, minus the fish.

[Tingkai]

Declare that this clearly shows the United States faces a clear and present danger... and then invade Iran and Syria.

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Lancer
Erm, what DRoseDARs said, minus the fish.

Why? It would be a friendly and diplomatic way of saying, "Sorry about what happened with your ship innocently 'trawling' off our shores. The sea is a harsh mistress, but at least your fishermen aren't returning home empty handed." It'd be a far cry from screaming our heads off at China, rattling our sabers, and threatening "stronger actions" in responce. Really, it would be taking the high road and just embarassing China instead of reving up the military rhetoric.

[Az]

DRoseDARs is waay cool.

[DeathByTheSword]

repair the trawler during which you replace all collected information with false data...then send it back...

[DinoDoc]

Sieze the ship, strip it of all useful information, and hold the crew hostage until the PRC has UR apologize for the destruction of our ship.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
Seize the trawler, confiscate anything on the ship that has nothing to do with trawling, and send the ship'n'crew back (under minimal escort) with its hold full of fresh fish packed in ice.

Two can play the game.

[Hueij]

Why would you keep the information they gathered? After all, you know it already...