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  How Should We Deal With "Pirates"?

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  i'm talking of sea pirates..

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  marjoe

  As i said before no they are not justified in attacking anyone. However I strenously object to your racist characterizationof anyone. I am not an elder nor do i ever want to be one. These boards have always had a rule against racist speach. So if you can not refrain from using it, then you should not post here.

  I am not a racist, never have been. I did not use racist speech.

  Calling "racist" is a very typical red herring.

  I do not need you to interpret for me, and label me what you think I am. i left that at the Kingdom Hall.

  I do, however, forgive you....because you are an American and your country is the only hope for the world.
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  How Should We Deal With "Pirates"?

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  marjoe

  I may be off base here, but aren't most of the ships seized by pirates a 100 or more miles off the Somalian coast? I recall reading that the attacks are happening further and further from the coast of Somalia.

  Please be careful the "political correctness" police are on patrol and wll call you names.

  Of course this has nothing to do with their (there is no "their" there anyway....it is a failed state) territorial waters.

  They are theives. Period.

  Some hate the West so much they will try to chalk the thuggery up to "they deserve it"....kinda' like Osama trying to hijack the Palestinian cause, post hoc.

  Next we will hear how Obama led the nation through this challenge.
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  How Should We Deal With "Pirates"?

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  marjoe

  The issues are probably complex, dealing with who knows what. But I will say it felt good to hear that the Seals took these guys out and the hostage

  was rescued.

  Although I am "stupid" and "racist" and don't know much: I agree.

  Complex. Yes. Much more than a "The West deserved it" comment.
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  How Should We Deal With "Pirates"?

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  marjoe

  as i have said before the region of Somalia is a world apart from the body modifying peoplles you describe.

  I don't have any idea what a vague answer like "worlds apart" means. let's drop this for a moment as you seem to be upset. If I'm called "stupid" anymore I'll have higfh school flashbacks....all the cool kids called others "stupid" when they disagreed.

  Straight question: Were the pirates justified in their actions? Does the West deserve it?
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  How Should We Deal With "Pirates"?

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  marjoe

  first of all as i have said before they have never "put a bone in the nose" next your racist attitude is not needed here. NOR IS IT WANTED HERE. You demonstrate your ignorance not only by your ethnocentric rants (which are extremely misinformed) Please go away . There is no room for your racism here.

  where is the "second of all? I am not a racist.

  Why do you not address the questioning of your statement?

  Why do act like you speak for the entire community?

  Are you an elder here?
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  How Should We Deal With "Pirates"?

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  marjoe

  Somolians have never extended their necks with rings (that is the Padaung tribe in northern Thailand) nor have they ever put bones through their noses.

  Your anthropologist skills are lacking. Trace the tribes, the clans.

  There were no "Somalis" before the early 1960s.

  When there, there are no "Somalis" today.
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  racist bigot's will always listen to one sided propaganda before opening their mouths to utter their ignorance.

  These kind of people always have to feel that they are "better" than someone else; that they are more deserving to life than others.

  Marjoe, your attitude sucks.

  Past the ad hominem attack (brilliant, that), what is the answer?

  You’re comparing putting a man on the moon to a bone in the nose and want to call them “equal” ‘cause it makes you feel good?

  Whilst attacking me, you seemed to miss my request for information.
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  Looks like Western shipping is getting it's just deserts.

  If the preceding article is true, perhaps the best way to deal with this is to negotiate with the clans, and prevent exploitation of Somalia's waters without their permission.

  There was a documentary on television a number of months ago that told the story about the waters being used and polluted around Somalia and it boiled down to the fact that there was nothing being done to the pirates because nobody wanted the story behind it to get out to the public. Piracy has been increasing steadily however, not one country has really bothered to put an end to it and one always has to ask 'why'. Sammieswife

  So please tell us why the west deserves to be attacked by a group whose biggest accomplishments are learning to put a bone through their nose or extend their necks with rings.

  Specifically, are you saying that these pirates are attacking due to pollution of their waters (the ships are in "Somali waters"?) and that they bring the ransom money back and feed the poor?

  I say the West should land some overwhelming force and clean up that very backward part of the continent.

  Thank God for the Americans!!!
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  THE ELDERS JUST KNOCKED ON MY DOOR

  by Mary in

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  i was asked what i thought when i saw all the bad things going on in the world and about how close we are to the end.

  i replied "jeff, i simply do not believe that it's going to happen in my life time.

  " he was momentarily stunned and said "well, when have things ever been this bad before?

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  I said "um....I'm pretty sure that the world was in a lot worse shape during the Great Depression when they had 25% unemployed, and then on the heals of that came the Holocaust."

  Not to mention all the progress that has been made in the area of racial and gender equality. But then again, they've never really been big believers in that.

  Throughout history there have been MANY worse times. Too many to list, in every conceivable category, from every conceivable measurement.

  This book is very accessible and details how nearly every generation taught it was the "end times": A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization (hyper linked to amazon)

  Great exchange with someone who has bought the story that the JWs are special and possess special knowledge.
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  Bound volumes free for the taking

  by jukief in

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  we have several nearly complete sets of watchtower and awake!

  bound volumes, from 1960 through the early 2000s, that we need to get rid of quickly.

  you can have them for the shipping cost.

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  marjoe

  If he gets a receipt, he can deduct them as a charitable donation.

  Use e-bay sales for fair market value and don't forget to deduct the mileage for the delivery.

  It's better than counting time.