Vito ) wrote:

: So, I really cannot understand why so many yachts are *knowingly* sailed
: into harm's way without a rifle or shotgun plus a good vest aboard. Is
: there some odd moral stigma attached to shooting pirates or some
: unnatural fear of weapons involved here???

Probably because most customs agents in many foriegn countries take a very
dim view of weapons aboard private yachts.

--
Jim Hollenback

my opinion.

On 10 Oct 2003 13:37:01 -0600,
Jim Hollenback wrote:
Vito ) wrote:

: So, I really cannot understand why so many yachts are *knowingly* sailed
: into harm's way without a rifle or shotgun plus a good vest aboard. Is
: there some odd moral stigma attached to shooting pirates or some
: unnatural fear of weapons involved here???

Probably because most customs agents in many foriegn countries take a very
dim view of weapons aboard private yachts.


The state doesn't like others, stepping around it's mandated monopoly on
force.

When the sheep grow teeth and claws, then the sheepdog becomes
unemployed.

--
Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
"The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program"
-- Larry Niven