THE Pirate Thread (merged)

by **skiwi** » Mon 14 Mar 2005, 06:17:51

Pirates hijack Gas Tanker in Malacca Strait: Problems in another major oil chokepoint...solved for now... Gunmen seize gas tanker
A GANG of 35 pirates armed with machine guns and rocket launchers seized a fully-laden gas tanker in the Malacca Strait at the weekend, a piracy watchdog reported today, rekindling fears of a terrorist attack in the vital waterway...

..The narrow 960km waterway bordered by Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia is used by about 50,000 ships a year carrying a third of world trade and half its oil supplies.

by **Barbara** » Mon 14 Mar 2005, 07:47:17

Peak Oil? Blame pirates! :lol:

by **seb** » Mon 14 Mar 2005, 10:10:40

After PO, we will maybe see supertankers guarded by the US navy from Middle-East countries, with american military well installed there, to the US coasts.

What a beautiful world! The sea will not be unsecured anymore and everybody will be happy...

by **Kingcoal** » Mon 14 Mar 2005, 10:30:03

As oil/gas becomes more valuable than gold, we will see more of this.

by **JohnDenver** » Mon 14 Mar 2005, 11:11:44

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kingcoal', 'A')s oil/gas becomes more valuable than gold, we will see more of this.

by **Kingcoal** » Mon 14 Mar 2005, 11:42:11

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnDenver', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kingcoal', 'A')s oil/gas becomes more valuable than gold, we will see more of this.

by **threadbear** » Mon 14 Mar 2005, 15:36:14

Asia Times article from last year:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'K')UALA LUMPUR - While it benefits some parties to talk up the threat of terror - whether to gain a contract or a foothold in a foreign land - the Singaporean, Malaysian and Indonesian governments, burdened with monitoring the world's busiest strait, would like nothing more than to prove to the world that everything's under control.
Indeed, with 600 vessels and 11 million barrels of oil passing through the Malacca Strait each day, everything has to be under control.

by **gg3** » Tue 15 Mar 2005, 00:00:10

And where do these pirates expect to sell the stuff...? And what about GPS on these vessels so they can be tracked if the captain presses an emergency button...?
Or better yet, effective armaments on these vessels so they can defend themselves against acts of piracy. I for one would have no hesitation to pull the trigger if I were facing a boatload of pirates. Self defense under fear of immediate threat to one's life.

by **BabyPeanut** » Tue 15 Mar 2005, 08:41:37

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gg3', 'A')nd where do these pirates expect to sell the stuff...?

by **Daculling** » Tue 02 Aug 2005, 14:06:45

Arggg matie, mes believes ar problems arg obious.

Damning evidence if you ask me.

by **EnergySpin** » Tue 02 Aug 2005, 14:10:06

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Daculling', 'A')rggg matie, mes believes ar problems arg obious.

Damning evidence if you ask me.

by **RonMN** » Tue 02 Aug 2005, 14:58:54

Well shiver me timbers maitie...thar ain't no temp on the oceans blue that will keep ME from makin' ye walk the plank! Ye scurvy land lubbin bullok!

Now crack open that barel o rum befores i has ye keelhauled!

ARRRRRR ARRRRRR!

by **Falconoffury** » Tue 02 Aug 2005, 15:58:41

Even the software pirates are going down in many countries, including the USA. It's due to lawsuits.

by **Raxozanne** » Tue 02 Aug 2005, 15:59:43

Obviously the pirates must have been doing somthing right!

by **julianj** » Tue 02 Aug 2005, 16:02:26

Am I reading the chart right?

There were only 17 pirates in 2000? If so you could surely give us their names :-)

I thought piracy was going up in the Molucca straits and such.

On the other hand (re James Kunstler) there surely must be now an empty niche for pirates...me hearties....Ron, ES, Dac. lets get us a boat and raise the

ahaahhrrr!

by **lotrfan55345** » Tue 02 Aug 2005, 16:57:53

www.thepiratebay.org

by **Chicken_Little** » Tue 02 Aug 2005, 17:07:11

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

Tie those damn statisticians to the mast and flog 'em with the cat 'o' nine tails!

by **Daculling** » Tue 02 Aug 2005, 19:37:31

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chicken_Little', 'Y')o ho ho and a bottle of rum!

Tie those damn statisticians to the mast and flog 'em with the cat 'o' nine tails!

by **Omnitir** » Sun 13 Aug 2006, 20:29:06

In response to calls to teach Intelligent Design along side science in classrooms, Bobby Henderson has created the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

What I find particularly interesting is the startling revelation that global warming appears to be the direct result of the peaking and resulting decline of pirates world wide. We have seen many similar graphs on PO.com proving beyond doubt that all the problems in the world are the direct cause of oil consumption, and so I urge you to apply the same reasoning to this remarkable evidence to the cause of global warming. Take action! Become a pirate today and help stop global warming! jpg
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')ou may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s. For your interest, I have included a graph of the approximate number of pirates versus the average global temperature over the last 200 years. As you can see, there is a statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature.

by **Zardoz** » Sun 13 Aug 2006, 21:00:15

Au contraire, mon ami! An easily-debunked theory: Modern High Seas Piracy

Modern Pirates Thrive on Global Trade

Modern Piracy: 2005 Update

Forget cutlasses. Pirates these days pack AKs and RPGs:

Your data is horrendously erroneous! There may actually be more pirates operating out there now than at any time in history!

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