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Games and the other kind of pirate
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Source: http://kotaku.com/5087922/xmas-console-sales-affected-by-piracy-no-seriously
It seems another, older, breed of pirate has most decidedly been hitting the wallet of companies involved with game consoles as of late: Real sea pirates from Somali have been targeting cargo shipments of games and game consoles. Delays and stolen shipments both negatively impact all companies involved. And before anyone laughs about swords and cannons, they're heavily armed with black market ex-Soviet ships and weapons.
Now what I'm wondering: Why aren't U.S., E.U. constituent, and Japanese navies blowing up pirates preying upon shipments their country's retailers/manufacturers have money riding on? Protecting interests at sea is kind of why they exist, and the retail economy worldwide has it hard enough right now.
There simply no excuse whatsoever for this kind of piracy, not today.
It seems another, older, breed of pirate has most decidedly been hitting the wallet of companies involved with game consoles as of late: Real sea pirates from Somali have been targeting cargo shipments of games and game consoles. Delays and stolen shipments both negatively impact all companies involved. And before anyone laughs about swords and cannons, they're heavily armed with black market ex-Soviet ships and weapons.
Now what I'm wondering: Why aren't U.S., E.U. constituent, and Japanese navies blowing up pirates preying upon shipments their country's retailers/manufacturers have money riding on? Protecting interests at sea is kind of why they exist, and the retail economy worldwide has it hard enough right now.
There simply no excuse whatsoever for this kind of piracy, not today.
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It's probably not a problem that's going to go away no matter how much you think first-world navies should blow the pirates up.
The US is trying to step up in combating these sort of modern-day pirates. But considering the nation that these pirates in question are originating from is steeped in poverty and hasn't had a real central government of any power for decades -- and specially considering a single ransom demand can net them a million dollars -- what can you do? These pirates have almost have nothing to lose and the tenacity and boldness to back that up, and you can't patrol the entire goddamn seas everywhere at once to catch the small speedboats that these pirates favor.
The answer really is less policing international waters (although that's surely a necessity here), but eliminating the socioeconomic factors that allows these pirates to thrive. Unfortunately, considering the region, that's almost a fool's wish.
Uh.
Now, if said piracy involves threat to human life, you'll see a swifter response. As it stands, however, they're stealing games and other insured products and not weapons/ammo/gear meant for insurgents. Not a high priority for our military assets.
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...brings a whole new meaning to RROD.
Ron Paul wants to bring them back. I am serious.
Why? I mean, this happened in international waters, didn't it? Outside jurisdictions?
Scuttle the boat.
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Jesus Christ, look at the Gulf of Aden, above Somalia. It's like a fucking pirate party over there.
This has given me an interesting idea; how awesome would a modern day pirate game be? FPS, factions, managing your crew and ship, running from the law...
Making sure that the failed state stays a failed state in order to ensure a safe haven...
So even a few miles off from say a frigate they'll not be so easy to detect because of their low radar profile and the fact that you tend to get a not so clear picture because of the ocean tending not to stay flat.
Of course a harpoon missile to one of these boats would end things very quickly but there are lots of rules in regards to this kind of stuff. You can't simply go around killing people in boats who you suspect.
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Oh, will it include a 'rape and kill the women' or 'mutilate the men and children' feature?
Boy I sure do hope so!
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