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Originally Posted by author  Yes, of course. |
Marsbot: People also blame the fact that the seas around Somalia are dangerous on the Somali Pirates. When, in fact, the ocean is a very dangerous place with large mammals, rougue waves, etc. The Pirates are actually trying to level the playing field by taking on these monolithic shipping companies that ship us the stuff that THEY want to ship. I can go directly to the pirates and get a shipping container for, like $100 - why should I pay more? I f I could do that, I could ship my whatever to you and you could ship your whatnot to me, and your friend could ship his widget to us both and we'd make plenty of money without having any industry middlemen in our pockets. The world would be brilliant - and we DESERVE that!! Maybe shipping companies should wake up to the 21st century and get on Facebook and Twitter, sell t-shirts or mugs, maybe they can sponsor like children's birthday parties on their boats or give rides or recreate famous battles like the battle for Yavin from Star Wars. Sorry ships yall gotta' hustle just like the rest of us nowdays - this is the REAL world.