tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post9092489755200901390..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: The Real Story of the Somali PiratesSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-12634343064057762032009-04-22T08:32:00.000-04:002009-04-22T08:32:00.000-04:00These guys work for big-time criminals to make mon...These guys work for big-time criminals to make money. There is no heroism in that. To romanticize thugs is no virtue. If you want to respond to a biad government situation. why not support Somaliland where people ARE trying to do right.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874891113526653147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-13931721831446697462009-04-12T13:21:00.000-04:002009-04-12T13:21:00.000-04:00Pirate stories have been complicated throughout hi...Pirate stories have been complicated throughout history. There's always a cause for people to turn to plundering ships for their livelihood. (I happen to know a lot about pirates because they fascinate me. I've done a lot of research.)<BR/><BR/>I haven't really been following the story of the Somali pirates, but while they are in the wrong for holding up a boat full of supplies for refugees, I can understand why they're doing what they're doing. People here in the Western world (and especially the good old US) too often want to make things black and white.The Gay Young Liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557038169464998132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-25846258802700729922009-04-11T01:54:00.000-04:002009-04-11T01:54:00.000-04:00Hi Jon....yeah I guess they are. It's hard to imag...Hi Jon....yeah I guess they are. It's hard to imagine a country without an effective government...just a bunch of warlords. But it's not difficult to imagine why the fishermen felt the world had abandoned them...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-37583313894473765872009-04-10T00:09:00.000-04:002009-04-10T00:09:00.000-04:00I forget where I first heard of the pirates referr...I forget where I first heard of the pirates referred to as The Somali Coast Guard.Your driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406948739451124566noreply@blogger.com