Posted on 04/13/2009 2:27:23 PM PDT by La Lydia
...Really, what do you do with a captured pirate? Make him walk the plank? Is that even legal? Traditionally, English Admiralty law allowed for the summary execution of a captured pirate. Indeed, in medieval times, he could be hanged, drawn and quartered...Since last year, however, the Foreign Office has advised the Royal Navy not to detain pirates of some nationalities because, facing the death penalty at home, they could then claim asylum in Britain.
The resurgence of piracy is hardly surprising when you consider the disparity between the average income of a Somali with a boat, and the vast amounts of cargo, and therefore wealth, moving through the seas nearby.... For most of us, it seems bizarre...pirates have, for a long time, been cute. They're what little kids dress up as at Hallowe'en. The very word pirate is almost impossible to say, without an accompanying “Garrrr”. No matter how frequently pirate stories are reported, it still feels wrong: it's like turning on to find someone has been killed in a hit and run, and the prime suspect is a toad in a classic sports car.
...the news coverage feels like an action movie...a self-sacrificing American hero who used to be a cab driver, pirates, hostages and a daring rescue on the high seas. The only thing missing is Bruce Willis. And the neat finale.
Because one of the pirates has been taken captive. He's reported to be about 16. And even though he was prepared to hold an innocent man at gunpoint, I can't quite get past the fact that he must have been 10 when the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie came out. Jack Sparrow was an inspirational figure - handsome, charming and funny. I think we should blame the current pirate crisis on Johnny Depp.
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Don’t most ships still have yard arms? And rope?
He should be made to walk the plank.
Send him to Gitmo.... oh, wait....
Make him a example quickly
bah, you beat me to that one.
Guantanamo.
Political asylum and in a few more years he can be president.
Huh??? This is just plain crazy! I commit a crime against YOU; one punishable by DEATH. And then I can appeal to YOUR LAWS for assylum against the death penalty.
We're doomed!
I say we stab him, then we hang him, then we kill him!
Strap him over the modern equivalent of a cannon, and fire it. Cut what is left loose. This provides protein for the lower end of the food chain and, thus, is a a form of recycling. End of problem, regardless of which end of the political spectrum takes a look.
MAn what wimps euros and americans have become. It’s like all our man parts dropped off.
Execute the bastards. Be done with it. Hang em from a yardarm. You’ve got them dead to rights, there’s no way they could be an innocent person.
Find a broken pump, tie it to pirate’s leg, toss the pump overboard, take care of two problems at once with plausible deniability (”no, we did not toss the pirate overboard”).
Keelhaul.
Rope + yardarm = problem solved.
But, he’s a mere child!
The libs are going to go berserk over this.
Oh wait.
Don’t they have to walk the plank off a short peir or something?
Demand $2 million in ransom.
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