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There are so many reasons I don't believe this is real. | |
Isn't this illegal? It has to be. BOMB IT! | |
Somewhere, a small but bright light has turned on in the head of a small boy named Eric Cartman. | |
Bomb the dirt farming peasants who surround this place? Sure, why not... | |
Wow, once again it's proved that nothing is black and white. | |
Crazy awesome in the making here, people. | |
And hospitals. And they are robbing the ships of companies who make vast fortunes, ironically most likely off the backs of people like them. | |
No ninjas allowed I presume. | |
Rob the rich, give to the poor? Remind you of anything? | |
Yeah, but I'm pretty sure "kidnap the poor workers of the rich, ransom them back to their families" wasn't how it was done in the day. Like you said, not black OR white. | |
The homeless man that lives outside my house? He's pretty nice, I've heard he once was awarded for a nobels peace-price. But Obama stole it | |
Well I'm American. I certainly have no problem with going to kick the shit out of some developing nation just because I think they are doing it wrong. [Sarcasm] OT; Well isn't that creative of them. | |
That sneaky president.
Well, its like the old saying; "Were there's money, there's a way." Or something. | |
Wow this might be the funniest thing I have seen this year. This will be a conversation starter for many months to come I believe. I really hope this is real because if it is, well it just blows my mind. Maybe ill send them a box of grenades and see what kind of return on my investment I get!!! EDIT: just checked and this is REAL. Saw a article about it on NPR's website....awesome | |
Indeed. | |
Well...I suppose they are been resourceful...however how long something like this will last (if it is real) is another matter all together | |
A certain guy in green tights and a fancy hat? OT: I wish I had an RPG to "donate". I could use a return of 75 grand. | |
Wait
Of course! That means the Triforce is in Somalia! Awaaaaaaaay!! (I know Link wears white tights, but still) | |
If the situation in Somalia wasn't linked to rather worrying extremist Islamic groups, I'd probably be more supportive of this. But, as I don't find any sort of violent extremism to be particularly comforting, I'm going to have to say that the United States should just blockade their ports. | |
No not him. His hat is not nearly fancy enough | |
I wonder what their corporate social responsibility package is like... | |
Now if only they started singing sea shanties and wearing eyepatches and peglegs... | |
the money goes into schools and hospitals for the town? wow, thats pretty cool actually. | |
A pirate stock exchange? Investments and hiring? SOCIAL SUPPORT? This is madness! | |
Not really... Same thing Pablo Escobar did...export drugs, import prosperity. Become beloved in your community. Same thing the Yakuza do... dabble in drugs, human trafficking, all overseas, but the homefront loves you when your the first on the scene after a disaster... | |
we should carpet bomb the whole damn city. stop the pirates and those funding them. If you are funding those bastards you are just as bad.
the road to hell is paced with good intentions. | |
This is an interesting idea but when you consider that you are investing in pirates it may not be much of a safe bet on any level. | |
Heh, if I ever get divorced, I'm going to pay my alimony in rocket-propelled grenades too. | |
So, we send down fishing boats and %&#¤&# them over, they send pirates and screws us over. Fair exchange if you ask me. | |
The greatest capital venture in the last 200 years. | |
Why haven't we invaded Somalia yet? Time and again the case has been made for aggressive peacemaking and preventative occupations, and Somalia seems like a threat to trade everywhere. | |
That mentality is EXACTLY why nothing ever gets accomplished and things this absolutly ridiculous take place. We're so moral in the "civilized world" that we've basically tied our own hands. I consider this a problem and think we should embrace being a lot more brutal. The bottom line is that if we know where these goobers are, we know they are pirates because they are taking investments, and everything else, there is no real reason why we shouldn't just have a couple of our warships drop in to make a munitions investment: by firing missles, shells and tons of ordinance into every building up and down the coastline, while our airforce engages in a bit of good old fashioned carpet bombing. I mean heck, we get complaints from Pureto Rico that we use their waters for naval gunnery practice periodically. If we're going to expend the munitions why not go use Somolia for target practice? If a whole bunch of farmers and oppressed peasants get killed, oh well. I don't like these guys hijacking and killing our sailors. many of whom are civilians themselves. If they don't care I really have trouble feeling sympathy for them. The way I see it is that civilians are going to die anyway. Either as victims of piracy which is going to get even worse if allowed to continue, or by us in the process of wiping out the pirates. There is no real "no civilians die" option here, so it comes down to a choice between OUR civilians and those of our allied, who are allegedly under our protection (which the Somolians do not take seriously), or their civilians. To me at least it's pretty sinmple in a choice between us or them, the answer is of course for us to pick ourselves. | |
I assumed there was some kind of reason why you couldn't do this. My understanding was the only reason the pirates have been having such a gay old unincarcerated time was that all the crimes they commit take place on the high seas, where they're harder to track down. And I'm pretty sure investing in a kidnapping venture is some kinda crime. All the same, the irony here is kind of adorable. There's been a lot of talk that the solution to poverty across Africa is free enterprise, with local citizens starting up and investing in capital ventures of their own until the process becomes self-sustaining. Is this what it's going to look like? | |
lol.. their stock name should be FKLW, or Finders Keepers Losers Weepers and on that note Can you High Seas It? | |
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Pirate Stock Exchange Opens in Somalia
Stock market got you down lately? How about putting that money into the business of high-seas piracy instead?
Somali pirates have opened what they call a "stock exchange" from their pirate lair in Haradheere, Somalia. Investors can donate money, weaponry, or other supplies and will see a return on their investments if the pirates complete a hijacking or other piracy goals. If you've ever wanted to be a pirate, here's your chance, because the pirates also are offering open recruitment from the lair if you just want to join up. Be aware that actual piracy is probably not as fun or glamorous as it is in videogames and movies.
One woman donated a rocket-propelled grenade, which she got from her ex-husband in alimony, and says: "I am really happy and lucky. I have made $75,000 in only 38 days since I joined the 'company'." The town of Haradheere has been enriched by the venture, as a percentage of the pirate's ransoms are also going towards infrastructure such as the hospital and public schools.
The opportunity is at least more interesting than buying low and selling high in Orgrimmar's auction house, though I'm not sure I would really trust a pirate to give me a proper return my investment. The situation may not actually be all that lighthearted, but it does seem like something out of a videogame, with pirates going on missions to earn as much money as possible for their community.
Source: Reuters via Slashdot
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