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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:57 AM Original message |
"The Somali pirates are businessmen." |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Is this a Free Market sort of thing? nt |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Objectivism at work. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. Killing the pirates and making the venture not worth the risk |
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doctor jazz (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. KKKers are businessmen too. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. And people who rob convenience stores. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I was thinking KBR. (nt) |
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doctor jazz (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Ah, much better than mine. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. You're bad if you plunder vessels on the high seas |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. that's a rather gratuitous comparison, but never mind that; how about |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Indeed they are both bad |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. new always grabs the headlines and certainly hostage situations |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Of course it's a lousy comparison |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. So are crack dealers |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. Can I get a piece of this action? I'm an unemployed writer. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Do you drink rum and wear an eye patch? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
10. I'm not going to defend the hostage-taking, but there's an origin to the piracy... |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. There is another version of that story |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. So were Bu$h and Cheney |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. Gangs are just businessmen, the Mob is just a regular business, etc etc..... |
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