THE Royal Navy, once the scourge of brigands on the high seas, has been told by the Foreign Office not to detain pirates because doing so may breach their human rights.
Warships patrolling pirate-infested waters, such as those off Somalia, have been warned that there is also a risk that captured pirates could claim asylum in Britain.
The Foreign Office has advised that pirates sent back to Somalia could have their human rights breached because, under Islamic law, they face beheading for murder or having a hand chopped off for theft.
In 2005 there were almost 40 attacks by pirates and 16 vessels were hijacked and held for ransom. Employing high-tech weaponry, they kill, steal and hold ships’ crews to ransom. This year alone pirates killed three people near the Philippines.
WTF!~
Ow, wait! This is The Nanny State speaking, and it's Alice in Wonderland speaking, so whatever seams right and reasonable to you is suspect because victims are always in the wrong, and villains must always be protected. Poor sweet babies they are.
I've talked before about pirates, victims, Sharia Law and Somalie (and cabbages and kings).
My opinion on Pirates does not include special consideration of Jack Sparrow:
They're pirates?
Hang 'em all, and let their bones rot in public "For The Encouragement of Others". (Or more pertinently, "Pour Les Encouragement d'outre", which is an archaic French Military term referring to the practice of imposing corporal punishment upon soldiers to teach their fellows that encroachment upon accepted practices will not be allowed).
No, I do not much like the French, Sam I Am, but some concepts are universal and among them is that a Pirate shall not be allowed to live.
They're predators, they're barbarians, and they do not recognize the Rule of Law. The consider themselves Beyond the Law and, as they are neither individually nor collectively Stephen Segal, they don't get to break the rules with impunity.
Short story: They are pirates, and if they are caught pirating they are dead men.
Unless they are caught by the Brits, apparently, who are so terribly, terribly concerned with the rights of their fellow man (who sometimes don't respect the same rights upon which they rely upon to 'give them a break) that the authorities are more willing to give the pirates a walk than to prosecute them.
Why?
Because The Brits may be required by circumstances to find the Pirates guilty of ... well .. "piracy". and The Brits may consequently required (by law) to turn the Pirates over to the country of their origin.
And the Pirates' Country of Origin may turn out to be one which is ruled by a Barbarian Code (Sharia), which (a) proscribes piracy, and (b) punishes said proscribed activity by mutilation.
The Brits aren't so concerned about what the Pirates may do, as they are concerned about what the Pirates' Home Country may do.
Note that this is the same country in which the pirates were born and raised, and in which they Presumably) understand might be the consequences for Piratical action.
So, the pirates are born and raised under a certain set of rules (however barbaric), and deliberately choose to risk the known set of punishment established by their homelane; yet if Somalian citizens choose to predate British subjects and are caught in the act, The Brits are prevented from turning the Pirates over to their own government simply because their home government is "too harsh" under British standards?
I offer you this phrase for consideration:
"Hail Britania!Look it up.
Britania Rules the Waves.
Britons never never never
Shall Be Slaves"
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Well, as Flip Wilson might have mentioned 35 years ago, that's not part of "The Court of What's Happenin' Now".
Serves 'em right, the Nanny-State Freaking Idiots.
And when American court make the same ruling, we'll deserve whatever happens to us, too.
One more thought:
"From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli".
Look it up.
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