See: 4 Americans on hijacked yacht dead off Somalia
Piracy is not a difficult problem to solve.
You kill the pirates. You hunt them down and you kill them.
If you capture some of them alive, you give them a short trial at sea, and you then kill them right there. There deaths should be quick and ignoble.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, May 17, 2010
Review: A Voyage For Madmen
A Voyage For Madmen
I just finished reading it.
I am sure this kind of thing is not everybody's cup of tea. Books about sailing are rarely exciting. This one is.
Nine men set out on the race. One man finished it. He returned a hero, surviving not only the voyage, but its aftermath as well. While some dropped out of the race for sensible and sound reasons, others continued and were ultimately destroyed by it.
I liked it. Though I must confess that I found it a little troubling. The sailors involved ran the gamut of the "distressingly normal" to the mad and the doomed. It was too easy to see a bit of myself in all of them.
It is always pleasant enough to be able to find spiritual kinship with the heroic and transcendental. We all want to believe that we have the nerve and the will to do what is right and just even if only God is there with us as our witness. It can be a little unnerving to find in the faults and failings of others more of yourself then you would wish.
I recommend A Voyage For Madmen, but with caution.
I just finished reading it.
I am sure this kind of thing is not everybody's cup of tea. Books about sailing are rarely exciting. This one is.
Nine men set out on the race. One man finished it. He returned a hero, surviving not only the voyage, but its aftermath as well. While some dropped out of the race for sensible and sound reasons, others continued and were ultimately destroyed by it.
I liked it. Though I must confess that I found it a little troubling. The sailors involved ran the gamut of the "distressingly normal" to the mad and the doomed. It was too easy to see a bit of myself in all of them.
It is always pleasant enough to be able to find spiritual kinship with the heroic and transcendental. We all want to believe that we have the nerve and the will to do what is right and just even if only God is there with us as our witness. It can be a little unnerving to find in the faults and failings of others more of yourself then you would wish.
I recommend A Voyage For Madmen, but with caution.
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