Sea stewards protecting fish and the environment
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In a crushing blow to environmental and social justice, imperialist foreign mercenaries on the corporate warship Maersk Alabama have opened fire on activist Somali sea stewards. At least that's how a leading local "conservationist" describes things.
From The New York Times:
“We have been told over the phone today that four of our colleagues were killed and two were injured,” said a Somali pirate boss known as Red Teeth. “We will keep attacking on foreign vessels until illegal fishing and toxic dump is stopped,” he added.
Yeah. No justice no peace. And what better way to stop fishing than to attack container ships?
Still, you can bet the reported $3.5 million paid to release the crew of the fishing boat Alakrana, which did not possess the means to repel pira...uh...animal rights activists/environmental champions will be heavily invested in future ocean "clean-up" activities. And that those "80 luxury automobiles [that] crowded the shore as friends and family members of pirates clamored to get a share of the ransom money" have nothing to do with real motives.
We've seen this before.
We've seen Al Sharpton call them the "voluntary coast guard." And we've seen the "white Rat," an Idi Amin henchman, describe them as "brave...fisherman...seamen and navigators. They had no choice but to take revenge on foreign shipping and earn a living by ransom demands."
Is this where we break into "Gee, Officer Krupke"?
Colleague Howard Nemerov made another telling observation about all this in yesterday's Austin Gun Rights Examiner column:
The New York Times downplayed the fact that guns were aboard the Alabama, hiding it within one paragraph among other methods employed in the ship’s defense:
"But a security team on board the Maersk Alabama responded with small-arms fire, long-range acoustical devices painful to the human ear and evasive maneuvers to thwart the attack, the Navy said in a statement."
This 34-word paragraph (out of 739 words total) contains the only mention of why the Alabama successfully defended itself.
Eh. It's not exactly like The Times has a reputation for championing armed self-defense, now, is it? And being the socially conscious "Authorized Journalist" friends of the environment that they are, with a Green Inc. blog and everything, I'm only surprised they didn't mention anything about lead pollution.
Also see:
- Battling pirates on the high seas by Cleveland Gun Rights Examiner Daniel White
- American ships buck trend, sail armed by DC Gun Rights Examiner Mike Stollenwerk
- Maersk Alabama fights back this time with guns by Knoxville Gun Rights Examiner Liston Matthews
- Resistance is NOT futile: Maersk Alabama incident proves it by Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Dave Workman
Comments
If your fishing tackle includes AK-47's, Russian RPD machine guns, and rocket propelled grenades, that's gotta be some mean snapper you're fishing.
As for the charlatan Al Sharpton, he makes a living playing the devil's advocate for the sole purpose of inflaming deep racial and political rifts between diverse Americans.
I'm surprised he didn't try to spin the report into some perverse racial justice issue. After all the pira.... pardon, the 'voluntary coast guards' were just doing their civic duty. Isn't that right Mr Sharpton?
Some of the first pirates started out repelling French ships that were dumping but that's not true anymore.
I heard that the Russians might clean up the problem by offering two week cruises up and down the pirate coasts in the hopes of providing the passengers some sea going target practice. Ever passenger gets an assault rifle and 100 rounds free. After that they have to pay for their own ammo at discount. Maybe Mr. Sharpton would like to get on one of those "pirate" boats and discuss the matter with the Russians who are just trying to make a buck to help their down economy? I'll bet that cruise ship would fill up fast. Of course the U.S. Navy could just put a predator over head and end the problem very quickly with one of those on patrol.
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