P I R A T E S

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P I R A T E S

Pirates are in the news - the media loves them - when pirates intercepted the luxury yacht Le Ponant the other day hundreds of miles off shore, they did not fire a shot of grape across the bows, they swarmed aboard via the aft swim platform (that some would claim was specially designed for pirates) The crew were herded forward - not a shot was fired , the Kalashnikov assault rifle - the Mahdi provided by Egypt, favoured over the cutlass and flintlock. The pirates' operating manual forbid the ill treatment of the hostage crew - expressly forbidding the raping of women! On to the radio, call up Paris, send money (dollars please) in small bills. Money arrived - hostages and Le Ponant freed. Later on shore - 6 pirates, still with some of the booty - stopped by helicopter- whisked off to Paris, to stand trial, to be found guilty, to be sentenced - NO drawn and quartered, NO hanging chained in a cage. YES to cells in Province good food , culture shock = have to drink wine. The other wealthy untouchables with the rest of the dollars now shopping for faster boat and an armored humvee.

Pirates of Yesterday and of Today, a really well researched work is to be found here with express permission of the Researcher :-

PIRATES

Thanks Toby !!!!