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Originally Posted by Crompsin
Yeaaaah, I don't like the "but we're all assholes" argument. It doesn't seem very productive given any macro level discussion.
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I don't like it either, but all i was trying to say was, that I understand the situation of those pirates a bit.
Personally I would attack the foreign fisherman, give them 5 min to change course if they dont use the RPGs
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Originally Posted by MSD
First, I need more than an opinion piece with a whopping two sourced quotes to back up claims to convince me.
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some more:
UN envoy decries illegal fishing, waste dumping off Somalia
Illegal fishing off Somalia on increase
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"It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death
— Albert Einstein
Last edited by Pacifier; 04-17-2009 at 10:18 AM..
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