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Originally Posted by osirissail
Yes, definitions are the key to having a intelligent discussion. If we are using two different definitions of a word it is difficult to understand each other.
- - However, to each their own, IMHO "Piracy" to me is any criminal offense - theft, assault, murder, etc., that occurs on the water to a vessel. This is a classification that excludes the same things happening to a vessel that is in a marina or attached to a seawall, pier, etc. In those cases the terms, theft, assault, etc. are relevant.
- - So in essence, "Piracy" is just a catch-all term or subject heading for any criminal directed or occurring to a vessel not docked. The databases I have seen generally avoid the term and just use the actual type of assault/theft/whatever to describe the incident.
- - I would, however, take humble exception with the use of the term "simple theft" - IMHO any invasion of my home/property by a thief is a major occurrence and there is nothing "simple" about it. I would posit that the phrase is similar in usage to the phrase "simple rape." To the victim the use of "simple" is denigrating. |
-lawyers and cops allover the planet play around with these definitions and plea bargain theft robbery charges down to a 2-3 sentence in the crowbar
hotel or probation{freedom with conditions}. over the years i have had some shady tenants living in the same bldg.as cops and lawyers and nurses and heard first-hand from {he said} a reformed thief that the scariest thing to him was to enter a bldg. with intent to steal and be surprised by occupants/employees still in the bldg,,he would flee{not even think of killing witnesses and carrying on}. his reasoning was simplely that a B&E charge is minor compared to a home invasion charge that the prosecutor could lay if he remained and sometimes would lay anyways,the difference in time is like comparing 3months to 6 years in prison,,years ago a japanese student was shot dead in the front yard of a
texas home apparently drunk?,confused and looking for diections and the homeowner was not even charged as "trespassing after dark is a criminal offence",go figure,im sure "google still has a
record of that",my point regarding simple descriptions of violent acts does not take away from the fear of the victim and the same as a dog will bite when scared a victim of crime will kill when frightened and sometimes that is a righteous move{it is called self-defense not murder} irregardless of foolish statements made to authorities afterwards or an overzealous prosecutor wanting a promotion to judge,years ago in St. Johns{antigua} a 65ft hinkley sailboat{very shiny} at
anchor in harbour was boarded at night resulting in the strangulation/stabbing/rape? of the captain/girlfriend and two employees of the company that owned the yacht{ComputcentreU.K} IF i
recall correctly the discovery of stolen cameras/travellers cheques led to the arrest of some local
men,,this sad/brutal crime i read of was perhaps 3 column inches of a national newspaper and i never did hear anything ore on TV or in the news if the criminals were exeuted as some islands still have the death penalty for such crimes,,perhaps they were just sleeping with the
companionway open,,i am sure there are websites that list some of these occurances of the past{that occurred in the 90"s},to just ignore these
events or dwell on them is depressing but not as sad to me as the totally paranoid boater afraid to even pack a flare pistol because of some crap he googled on the
internet,,perhaps the guy that did get hassled in some 3rd world nation{where ive never had problems} had an interpol
record for
money laundering/drug smuggling or was on the new 'homeland
security watchlist" that can get a person blacklisted based on nationality?/wearing turban with/without ceremonial dagger or who knows,,point is
USA dont run whole planet yet so who cares about 6wk ATF form just throw it
overboard if your paranoid and replace it later at a yard sale/want adds or
miami pawnshop with no ATF form required and i have never heard of any
boat being searched leaving
USA,except of course that container ship in lethal weapon part 2 where the guy with 'diplomatic immunity" gets smoked after his container load of cash gets scatterred. the truth is stranger than fiction as an educated
women told me "law and order" episodes are based on real stories even the one where the victims are
kids and the pedophiles are priests willing to let some retard choirboy take the rap for the priests crimes,anyhow i got more JD{jack d} to drink and an unseen
movie coming on so see ya out there maybe and dont be afraid to use the portable motion sensors they sell at sears,at least you will have time to turn on the floodlights in the
rigging turn up the cackle on the
radio,make loud cocking sounds with a pair of vise grips{if you got no weapon} and get prepared to use bearspray/hairspray/teargas/molotov cocktails or some other useless device,,i will just spray 9mm in the dark with no decklights on if anchored in
remote spot are perhaps do citizens arrest if in crowded area and help law enforcement put another animal in a cage after accidentally? dropping handcuffed intruders in ocean, oops,accidents happen and i dont care if bobs yr uncle or the chief is on the pad cause i will never set foot in countries that bad,,one site i do bother to study is the CIA website and its travel advisories,,websites advertising robbery here,dink theft there just give people excuses not to go anywhere,,just dont bring hairspray to a gunfight as i am sure any companions on board wont appreciate that stunt,,people say 3rd world prisons are bad but i met a few who never when in an a''hole and came out a manhole ,,cheers and be prepared for whatever / whenever out there as 911 ends at the outer marker.
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