Traditional Pirate or Modern Pirate?

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by 7seconds

Im just saying the "pirates" now a days are just like gangs with boats, robbing people. It was like that back then aswell but more on a broad scale becuase of less police force and undiscovered places to hide etc.

dunno where you at but down here in FL ive been on boating trips/ beach trips and have never had a run in with pirates. oh and never heard of any when Ive been too the north sea in Germany, but Ill check next time I go

You'd compare about 20 square miles of a very busy harbor (with probably the country's heaviest DEA patrols) to 100,000,000,000,000 square miles of open ocean? Seriously, you think any of the worlds waters are patrolled 1/100th as heavily as that section?

One difference now, vs. then, is that now it is cheaper to get started. An outboard motor and a mounted gun. Another main difference, is that pirates now aren't executed on the spot, nor hung from a yardarm after a mock trial.

[7seconds]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

You'd compare about 20 square miles of a very busy harbor (with probably the country's heaviest DEA patrols) to 100,000,000,000,000 square miles of open ocean? Seriously, you think any of the worlds waters are patrolled 1/100th as heavily as that section?

One difference now, vs. then, is that now it is cheaper to get started. An outboard motor and a mounted gun. Another main difference, is that pirates now aren't executed on the spot, nor hung from a yardarm after a mock trial.

yeah the north sea is controlled pretty good. also you dont know where I have been. you know FL is right above Cuba and alot of illegal trafficing goes on around there, ive never had run intos there. plus those mounted guns cost around 3,000.
nope all of the worlds ocean isnt patrolled as much as the notrh sea, but alot of is thats why there are no priates, plus when it comes to fighting against the law now a days, the law always wins.

p.s. oh and pirates are not killed on spot? those guys that attacked the cruise ships would beg to differ..if they could talk.