tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post118548760066727783..comments2024-03-25T05:23:41.171-04:00Comments on Bilbo's Random Thought Collection: Navy 4, Pirates 0Bilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-7919263640975951042009-04-15T19:53:00.000-04:002009-04-15T19:53:00.000-04:00Leslie - My thoughts exactly!
Mike - Not a bad id...Leslie - My thoughts exactly!<br /><br />Mike - Not a bad idea. Maybe we can export some Hells Angels and put them to useful work.<br /><br />SusieQ - I never thought about beets and brussels sprouts as an antipiracy tool. I think I may write to Mr Gates...<br /><br />Amanda - Good old Captain Hook...too bad all the REAL pirates aren't like him.Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-24075175476635236682009-04-14T06:20:00.000-04:002009-04-14T06:20:00.000-04:00I also had the image of walking the plank in my mi...I also had the image of walking the plank in my mind. The first pirate I heard of was Captain Hook!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542715899155247984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-83234529642635795112009-04-13T16:46:00.000-04:002009-04-13T16:46:00.000-04:00France's own solution to the piracy problem, or so...France's own solution to the piracy problem, or so I have heard, was to pay the ransom the pirates requested. But then France followed through and bombed the heck out of some of the mansions that ransom money had built. Supposedly the pirates left France alone after that. <BR/><BR/>I suppose some readers here might like it if, prior to making pirates walk the plank or some such thing, they first were forced to consume large quantities of beets and brussel sprouts for days on end.Mrs. Geezerettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17957440812143446191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-44850228488878249402009-04-13T12:53:00.000-04:002009-04-13T12:53:00.000-04:00For all the ransoms that have been paid you would ...For all the ransoms that have been paid you would think that someone could start an armed escort service through that area and make good money.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017192454403363349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-12196518649024934522009-04-13T09:53:00.000-04:002009-04-13T09:53:00.000-04:00Wasn't one of the reasons our Navy was founded was...Wasn't one of the reasons our Navy was founded was to fight pirates? Seems like a perfectly good mission for today's Navy.Leslie Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-34036473884749740842009-04-13T09:23:00.000-04:002009-04-13T09:23:00.000-04:00Gilahi - yes, I guess there is a big difference be...Gilahi - yes, I guess there is a big difference between well-hanged and well- uh ... let's drop it. Good catch.<BR/><BR/>Andrea - if you're damned if you do and damned if you don't, then perhaps we need to do ... in the long run, it will probably save more lives.<BR/><BR/>John - "Due process always seems to favor the guilty." I don't think I'd say "always," but it does give the obviously guilty (i.e., pirates and terrorists) an advantage they don't believe in giving anyone else.Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-15550426518630083222009-04-13T08:04:00.000-04:002009-04-13T08:04:00.000-04:00Make 'em walk the plank.Due process always seems t...Make 'em walk the plank.<BR/><BR/>Due process always seems to favor the guilty.John A Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777330742400065045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-31328475425616157922009-04-13T06:56:00.000-04:002009-04-13T06:56:00.000-04:00And if you don't pay the ransoms the crews end up ...And if you don't pay the ransoms the crews end up dead..so erm bilbo...your putting material things over human life?<BR/><BR/>Mind you...if they pay the ransoms they end up dead....Oye.The Mistress of the Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923975714269274370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-65023964066460408312009-04-13T06:38:00.000-04:002009-04-13T06:38:00.000-04:00At one time, captured pirates were hung...I'll be ...<I>At one time, captured pirates were hung...</I><BR/><BR/>I'll be surprised if some of your loyal readers don't jump all over this, but at one time captured pirates were <I>hanged</I>. Unless, of course, you know a lot more about them than I do.Gilahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331323175802868796noreply@blogger.com