Thread: If You're Stupid Enough To Go Cruising Through A Well Known Piracy Area Don't You Deserve All You Get? -...

Quite right. Why this idiot went the way he did and IGNORED his friends advice, "NOT to go via the Indian Ocean, due to pirates", is beyond me. He sailed down the Suez Canal, why didn't he use this route back? I say, pay a ransom equal to what you can obtain from this idiotic mans estate. I have NO desire to buy a 'Timeshare' in Kabul or Basra. Why? Because it is not safe to go there. I would never...

yes my friend according to reports these people knew the dangers prior to the sailing, =play with fire and you will get burned=.

I wondered what might of been going through their heads and then gave up. Stupidity has a major role to play here and I wont be donating anytime soon.

International waters are exactly that - International. If this minority of Somalians insist on such wanton acts of Piracy they should be prepared to to act as backstop to some .50 cal ammunition provided by patrol boats permanently on station in at risk areas. Sol-ved.

the Official British position is not to talk to hostage takers, so they're toast.

I agree it was niave of them to think that nothing would happen but no they don't deserve to be held captive by pirates. Nor should they be abandoned by their country!

I kind of agree, it's like when those crazy dumb climbers go up mountains in blizzard conditions. I agree Sweet fish, I cant see them getting out alive :( thats true waves.. but would you walk alone through a well known crime hot spot late at night? Its all about common sense.

Waves has a good point but the fact remains that we live in a dangerous world and there's no point in looking for trouble. Until such time as the pendulum swings in favour of innocent people being able to go out and about, whether it's sailing the seas or just popping to the corner shop after dark then it's madness to tempt fate just to make a point. At the moment, it seems that the Royal Navy are not allowed to...

Personally if i Have to go somewhere i am not sure about i always take the equalizer although i do hope i never have to use it soooooo i would say yes i think them stupid i don't know about deserving though.

Kinda like those guys that went hiking on the Afghanistan border... makes ya wonder about protecting the freedoms of idiots.