OT: Pirate control Canadian style

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>I know this is tongue-in-cheek but the Canadian contribution to this
>effort has been pretty respectable. The frigate HMCS Winnipeg has
>been involved in preventing a number of hijacking attempts by pirates
>and has disarmed a number of pirate ships. The solution to the Somali
>pirate problem is not shooting and killing pirates but in legitimate
>law enforcement on the high seas and a restoration of normality to
>Somalia as a country. After all, both Canada and the US had their
>hands in screwing up this country a few years back - but we shouldn't
>mention that, should we?


I agree that this is tongue in cheek. Unfortunately there is a shred
of truth to the "story". I read an article a while back that a US
state wanted to raise the income tax 1 %. The entire state stood up
as one, grabbed their guns and said no. The state backed down.

In Canada, when this (always) happens, we grab our pens and fire off a
stern note. Let THAT be a lesson to you - so to speak.

Not that long ago, pirates when caught, were hanged reguardless of who
they knew or where they were caught. Do not be confused with
privateers, who had a license. Perhaps all shipping in that area
should pay privateers a fee for every pirate and boat shot up. We
could even charge privateers for a license fee. Might be a lot
cheaper than military gun ships or paying ransoms.

And yes, both the US and Canada threw a fuck into Somolia and walked
away before normalizing the country.

Just doing my bit for world peace.

P

On Apr 18, 11:00=A0am, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> From an article in the Toronto Star newspaper:
> =A0(http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/620572)
>
> "Where the United States has crack Navy SEAL snipers and French
> commandos storm hijacked boats with guns blazing, Canada's
> contribution to the small NATO anti-piracy force carries a handmade
> stop sign, written in Somali and affixed to its helicopter's machine
> gun, to warn legitimate fishermen and make ransom-hungry pirates think
> twice.
>
> "Before we start killing people, or shooting people, we want to make
> sure that we've given them an opportunity to stop what they're doing,
> if they haven't actually done an attack yet," Cmdr. Craig Baines told
> the Star in one of several interviews from the Gulf of Aden."
>
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
> A mole, inside the military department which deals with tactics like
> this, tells me that they are working feverishly on newer, more
> powerful signs as the War On Pirates escalates. Under consideration
> are such explosive new signs as:
>
> STOP! Please reconsider.
>
> STOP, You may not want to do this.
>
> STOP. We'll get mad at you!
>
> and the most powerful of all : NOW you've done it!! (Notice the double-
> barreled exclamation.)

I know this is tongue-in-cheek but the Canadian contribution to this
effort has been pretty respectable. The frigate HMCS Winnipeg has
been involved in preventing a number of hijacking attempts by pirates
and has disarmed a number of pirate ships. The solution to the Somali
pirate problem is not shooting and killing pirates but in legitimate
law enforcement on the high seas and a restoration of normality to
Somalia as a country. After all, both Canada and the US had their
hands in screwing up this country a few years back - but we shouldn't
mention that, should we?