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    'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    04/15/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    Mister President! WE MUST NOT ALLOW A DOLPHIN GAP!
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    So what if they were "17-19"? (By which it seems at least one of them was an adult even by the legal US definition, which is not the same as the legal definition in other parts of the world.) They violently boarded a ship and were holding a hostage with AK-47's. They made their beds.


    It's sad when anybody dies, but you know, it's not any sadder that they were 17-19 than it would have been if they were 20 or 30 or 40. And they brought it on themselves.

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    Image of hollygirl hollygirl
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    Where is the article that will explain to me how stoned impoverished teen agers get control of these gigantic first world country tankers? Like do they throw a rope and climb up and just....take over??
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    This is just like the time Jean Valjean went to jail for stealing a mouthful of bread.
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    Image of RonMwangaguhunga RonMwangaguhunga
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    Clearly the dolphins are cognizant of the increase in Chinese global influence in the 21st century. Ergo: Game recognize game.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    Um, is no one else thinking Batman 2 when Danny Devito's disgusting penguin man (most vile thing I've ever seen in a superhero movie) affixed missiles onto the backs of littler penguins? Yeah, I'm thinking those cute little dolphin dudes were packing heat. It's all part of the military's new Operation: Sonar Command.
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    Image of doggotmyshoes doggotmyshoes
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    Of course they were teenagers and by most crime family/organization standards I think they are old. I don't know the laws in Somalia but if they are minors they can't be tried. Look at the Camorra. Plus, you get to brainwash them early. I'm shocked that others are shocked. This is new?
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    04/14/09

    @doggotmyshoes: Laws in Somalia? Hahahahahaha, hahahahahah; haha!
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    Image of doggotmyshoes doggotmyshoes
    04/14/09

    @CaptainFantastic: point taken, ur right, which just fortifies my contention that they were already OLD by crime standards. I mean even suicide bombers start young.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    04/14/09

    @doggotmyshoes: I was just giving you trouble. Some of those kids are toting AKs at 10 years.
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    I tried to think of what the Dolphin equivalent of "shock and awe" is, and I came up with nothing.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    04/14/09

    @resipsaloquacious: EEEEEEEEEEEP ek kek kek kek kek kek.
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    Image of Rumpelstilskin Rumpelstilskin
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    Are dolphins communists? Flipper quotes Chair Mao? [squeak, squeeek, squeeak?] As they are holding a Mike Nichols retropsective at MoMA everyone can go see "Day of the Dolphin."
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    Image of dado dado
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    What's the difference between a pirate and Graydon Carter? Graydon doesn't lament his littleness.
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    Image of TableNine TableNine
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    Dolphins Stop Raiders' Drive To Eeek Out Win
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    Image of blix blix
    04/14/09

    @TableNine: Nice!
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    Image of LatestBy LatestBy
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    Why didn't the pirates just send their parrots to attack the dolphins? Animal Wars: Parrots V. Dolphins™ could be a smash hit.
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    Image of HowardRoarkLaughed HowardRoarkLaughed
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    I've done similar things while in twat withdrawal.
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    04/14/09

    @HowardRoarkLaughed: You chew twat? Funny, I smoke cock, but do it often enough to avoid withdrawal.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    04/14/09

    @HowardRoarkLaughed: @bytememehard: You guys are the breast.
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    Image of TableNine TableNine
    04/14/09

    @iplaudius: Such great writing on this site. Truly, the penis mightier than the sword.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    Aquaman's mom must be so proud.
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    Image of Adah Adah
    04/14/09

    In reply to 'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
    It's sad that they were teens. On the other hand, we as a country have deemed 17 to be the age at which one can enlist in the military, and 18 as the minimum age to be sent off to a combat zone. Plenty of 18 year-olds have died in Afghanistan and Iraq. As a globe, we seem to have set 18 as the standard at which someone can make an informed decision to participate in combat. If you're 18 and have a hostage at gunpoint, I'd say it's fair to assume you could be held accountable for your actions, which includes the possibility of a violent hostage rescue.
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    Image of LatestBy LatestBy
    04/14/09

    @Adah: Well said.
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    Image of freedc freedc
    04/14/09

    @Adah: Except our system when it comes to age and crime is a fucking joke. We often hold 13 year-olds to a higher standard than adults, they sometimes pull longer sentences than actual adults being charged with the same crime in the same jurisdiction. So where 18 should be a good starting-off point (I'd personally like to see 22 as the age of full responsibility), we don't actually follow that. We lock up kids for stupid shit but let law-breaking prosecutors go free.


    Also, I'm going to go ahead and take into account that these 17-year-old impoverished pirate children have circumstances none of us understand and their reality is so different that their age is the least of the reasons why this is sad all around to me.

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