"riverman"

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country's laws? Even pirates were vague; one country's pirate was another
country's freelance soldier. They could be hung in Spain and knighted in
England. Maybe we ought to make it international law that terrorists are
universally punishable by the laws

of whatever country they terrorize.
Extradited, and publicly tried and executed.


Maritime law is pretty specific about pirates and I think like laws on
terrorism would work also. You are probably thinking of Privateers, which were
government sponsored pirates if one looks at it cynically. Even they were
treated as pirates in any country except the one sponsoring them.
SYOTR
Larry C.

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"riverman"

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country's laws? Even pirates were vague; one country's pirate was another
country's freelance soldier. They could be hung in Spain and knighted in
England. Maybe we ought to make it international law that terrorists are
universally punishable by the laws

of whatever country they terrorize.
Extradited, and publicly tried and executed.


Maritime law is pretty specific about pirates and I think like laws on
terrorism would work also. You are probably thinking of Privateers, which
were
government sponsored pirates if one looks at it cynically. Even they were
treated as pirates in any country except the one sponsoring them.


Ahh, yes. You are correct; Privateers it was.

Are all nations currently in agreement about piracy?

--riverman

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Are all nations currently in agreement about piracy?

Offshore, coastal, harbour, or river pirates?

Bolivia, Luxembourg, and Mongolia are neutral on all but river piracy.

Are paddlers being harrased by pirates? Are any of you paddlers stopping
water traffic and stealing cargo or robbing passengers?

Are any of you paddlers smuggling dope, diamonds, tobacco, booze, or
aliens?

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"riverman"

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Ahh, yes. You are correct; Privateers it was.

Are all nations currently in agreement about piracy?

--riverman

With the exception of coastal control zones (security zones and fisheries),
there seems to be a pretty concrete set of regulations between maritime
nations.

If you do a websearch on Admiralty Law, you will get a ton more stuff than you
ever wanted to know about it.

One of my direct anscestors was a Privateer, Francis Drake. He was one of those
good enough to get knighted for it.


SYOTR
Larry C.

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"riverman"

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Ahh, yes. You are correct; Privateers it was.

Are all nations currently in agreement about piracy?

--riverman

With the exception of coastal control zones (security zones and
fisheries),
there seems to be a pretty concrete set of regulations between maritime
nations.

If you do a websearch on Admiralty Law, you will get a ton more stuff than
you
ever wanted to know about it.

One of my direct anscestors was a Privateer, Francis Drake. He was one of
those
good enough to get knighted for it.

That's pretty cool, especially considering that Drake had no children....
maybe the lineage isn't quite as direct right back there at the beginning?
:-) At least the water part runs in both your veins. I visit Tavistock
pretty regularly in the summer when I'm at summer school in Plymouth; Sir
Francis is a legend around those parts.


--riverman

"riverman"

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hat's pretty cool, especially considering that Drake had no children....
maybe the lineage isn't quite as direct right back there at the beginning?
:-) At least the water part runs in both your veins. I visit Tavistock
pretty regularly in the summer when I'm at summer school in

Plymouth; Sir
Francis is a legend around those parts.


OK, semi directly, since the only trackable lineage is through his brother
Thomas.
ever wonder what happened to the other 9 children in his family.
SYOTR
Larry C.

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"riverman"

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hat's pretty cool, especially considering that Drake had no children....
maybe the lineage isn't quite as direct right back there at the beginning?
:-) At least the water part runs in both your veins. I visit Tavistock
pretty regularly in the summer when I'm at summer school in

Plymouth; Sir
Francis is a legend around those parts.


OK, semi directly, since the only trackable lineage is through his
brother
Thomas.
ever wonder what happened to the other 9 children in his family.

The other 9 children in who's family: Drakes brothers and sisters? I bet
their descendants are still living all over Devonshire and the Plymouth
region.

Once, on a whim, I did an 'ego search' on my and my great-grandfather's name
(they're the same), and came across an incredibly thorough family tree back
to Robert Barlett who came over on the "Anne", the ship that followed the
Mayflower. He married a woman who came across on the Mayflower, and their
family tree is traceable all the way back to Wm the Conquerer. I once
calculated, at 2.5 kids per couple and at 25 years per generation, that I
was related to most of the known world.

--riverman