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04-10-2010, 10:01 PM
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Pirates shoot at U.S. Navy ship; all six captured
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04-10-2010, 10:15 PM
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Firing on a warship = funny 
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04-10-2010, 10:19 PM
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Especially when you consider these guys in a motorized rowboat are shooting their AKs at a 600+ foot long Navy vessel bearing down on them. Yeah, that oughta stop it for sure! 
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* I have the right to live, thus I have the right to defend my life from attackers who would take it from me.
* I have the right to my private property, thus I have the right to defend my property from thieves who would take it from me.
* I have the right to self-determination, thus I have the right to defend my liberty from tyrants who would take it from me.
* The only usable tools for these tasks are guns, and thus I have the right to shoot anyone who would take my guns from me.
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04-10-2010, 10:23 PM
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I guess they were on a suicide mission. They're lucky to be alive.....idiots.
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04-10-2010, 10:59 PM
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Definitely candidates for the Darwin award
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04-11-2010, 01:22 AM
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04-11-2010, 11:24 AM
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There's dumb.
And then there's Somali pirate dumb.
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04-11-2010, 11:33 AM
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Maybe, they were tired of their lifestyle, and thought spending some time with 3 hots and a cot was the way to go.
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04-11-2010, 04:33 PM
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Hey! that is so unfair , six of them but only one war ship .
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