"HK" wrote in message
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Canuck57 wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:23:34 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Now they have attacked a US owned tug that was towing a barge or
something.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090411/..._af/piracy_152

Eisboch
I cannot understand why these ships don't have .50 cals on the bow and
stern. The damn things will reach out and touch someone a mile away.

I have to concur. If a 28 foot boat is coming at a freighter, I can't
see why they can't just blow them right out of the water and just make a
log entry. If I was the captian, I wouldn't even stop even if I saw them
swiming. Helping good people on the high seas is one thing, rescuing a
pirate is best left to the sharks.

Maybe even put the US satelites to good use, and forward them that boats
are leaving dock and intercept them with prejudice. Why take the time,
risk and effort on these pirates? After it is know that they will be
routinely shot up, they will cease.

Merchant ships are not usually armed. Apparently you and your
crap-for-brains buddy, Herring, aren't aware of that.

Patrolling the seas is a job for the navies and coast guards of the world,
not the merchant ships.

The world is a bit too complex for simpletons like you and Herring.

Yes, I know merchant ships are not routinely armed. But in southeast Asia
they had issues there too until some found out they were dead meat when they
tried to board certain ships. They learned quick to avoid them. If I
recall correctly, there were a few publicied incidents some 10 years ago or
so, the pirates were left for dead.

There is nothing preventing them from being armed. And I don't see anyone
trying them for shooting up pirates.