Comparing pirates
Now we have proof that (some) movies are teaching (some) young people to do the wrong thing. Those pesky pirates from Somalia have managed to comandeer a supertanker using small boats and people waving the modern equivalent of a broadsword. All this because someone allowed a pirated illegally downloaded DVD of Jack Swallow into the local market, I guess.
We don’t get many supertankers around here, but I’ve heard that “big boat” is an understatement. Nothing like the ferries that used to ply the waters off the Island. Of course, pirates haven’t been ‘angin’ about the Maritime shores since Kidd buried stuff over on Oak Island. Now it takes a mighty ego to believe you can sail upwind of a ship that is 333 meters long and looks like this:
especially when your pirate ship looks like this:
although in the absence of a proper flag, I have to take the statement at face value. These guys might just be out for an afternoon of jigging groundfish.
In the world of Jack Sparrow, there was a certain desire to have things that were of little practical use; gemstones, silverware, big steamer trunks. Modern pirates are hardly more practical; what do you do with enough crude oil cover all your beaches bases. Crude doesn’t even taste good, and if you have to transship the stuff using your main pirate boat then someone is going to end up with dungy dungarees.
Just like in the days of Caribbean madness, the authorities are at a loss. I suggest the practical approach; offer the pirates something more valuable in exchange. How about a boat with a cabin?
