http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/04/13/are-somalian-pirates-just-trying-to-protect-the-environment/ Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:35:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/04/13/are-somalian-pirates-just-trying-to-protect-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-54224 Jon Tue, 12 May 2009 09:35:53 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=2940#comment-54224 I am pretty sure you are wrong about this. look at it from both sides of the story and think about the fact that they are threatening lives and killing people. their goal is to gain money from doing this and they could care less about the environment. Maybe if they had a recycling emblem of something but they don't. dumping is not the issue here.. I am pretty sure you are wrong about this. look at it from both sides of the story and think about the fact that they are threatening lives and killing people. their goal is to gain money from doing this and they could care less about the environment. Maybe if they had a recycling emblem of something but they don't. dumping is not the issue here..

]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/04/13/are-somalian-pirates-just-trying-to-protect-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-51486 Meghan Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:44:44 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=2940#comment-51486 I was just writing an Earth Day blog on the same topic! I agree that 'cleaning the water' may not be the MAIN reason for all of the piracy, but there's no denying that the oppression, plundering and degradation of the environment has caused disease, desperation and forced these people into it. I believe it to be more of a message to the world. We need to wake up and get stricter about dumping like this. The ransom money they are getting is justifiable. They are loosing millions from illegal fishing. They are not greedy men (well, most probably anyway). They are simply acting out against greedy corporations who would rather shirk European environmental laws than pay the price of the toxic business they do. I was just writing an Earth Day blog on the same topic! I agree that 'cleaning the water' may not be the MAIN reason for all of the piracy, but there's no denying that the oppression, plundering and degradation of the environment has caused disease, desperation and forced these people into it. I believe it to be more of a message to the world. We need to wake up and get stricter about dumping like this. The ransom money they are getting is justifiable. They are loosing millions from illegal fishing. They are not greedy men (well, most probably anyway). They are simply acting out against greedy corporations who would rather shirk European environmental laws than pay the price of the toxic business they do.

]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/04/13/are-somalian-pirates-just-trying-to-protect-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-50034 Richard Seireeni Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:26:15 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=2940#comment-50034 I think you have this a little wrong. Several media reports including one on the NYT have reported that over-fishing and waste dumping drove the Somali fisherman to piracy out of desperation. It's not that they are trying to "clean up" their waters. They've just turned to another source of income. The source of the dumping is suspected to be Italian mafia dumping European wastes including hospital nuclear wastes. The over-fishing is suspected to be done by foreign fisherman taking advantage of Somalia's lack of government and no capability to patrol its territorial waters. In any case, Somali fisherman found another, far more lucrative profession, hijacking cargo and pleasure craft. Somalia is now run by warlords and criminals, so the leap from poor fisherman to relatively rich pirate is easy to understand. I think the environmental excuse may be partially valid, but is by no means the real motivator. The motivator is money. I think you have this a little wrong. Several media reports including one on the NYT have reported that over-fishing and waste dumping drove the Somali fisherman to piracy out of desperation. It's not that they are trying to "clean up" their waters. They've just turned to another source of income. The source of the dumping is suspected to be Italian mafia dumping European wastes including hospital nuclear wastes. The over-fishing is suspected to be done by foreign fisherman taking advantage of Somalia's lack of government and no capability to patrol its territorial waters. In any case, Somali fisherman found another, far more lucrative profession, hijacking cargo and pleasure craft. Somalia is now run by warlords and criminals, so the leap from poor fisherman to relatively rich pirate is easy to understand. I think the environmental excuse may be partially valid, but is by no means the real motivator. The motivator is money.

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