Maybe I'm just reacting to the simplistic way he's going about this and the rather one sided approach he's taking. Piracy is wrong but... is what he's saying. He's all but excusing it because of the big bad west.
Would I take money to allow my neighbor's kid to be poisoned? If I was a Somali warlord then the answer is "Hell yes". It has been for a lot longer than this story's been around. On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think you are reading more into it than is there. The article says, > we are only hearing one side. Here is another. It actually goes to > some lengths to say of course piracy is wrong, even. > But if in fact people become pirates because they see no choice, it > doesn't matter if somebody got money for allowing conditions that > contribute to their plight. Not from their point of view. I am not > sure that it makes a lot of difference ethically either -- how cynical > was that payment? > Would you take money to allow your neighbor's child to be poisoned? > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Michael Dinowitz > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It is a tiny amount and probably didn't get to anyone other than the > > warlords, but it was still a financial transaction between a party in > > (partial) rule of the area and a party wishing to dump waste. This fact > is > > not mentioned in the article and should be. It is not a cut and dry "the > > west is the only ones at fault" thing. > > > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> 80 million is nothing when it comes to environmental cleanup. Did that > >> money get to the people affected, ev > >> > >> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Michael Dinowitz > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > I notice that the payment to Somali warlords of $80 million in return > for > >> > the 'rights' to dump the waste was not mentioned. As much as the > article > >> > makes it out to be the evil west vs. the noble suffering Somalis, the > >> truth > >> > of the situation if far from that simple. > >> > On the other hand, it is not a repeat of the Muslim piracy of the > Barbary > >> > coast, no matter how some sites want to make it. > >> > > >> > Oh, and "everybody agrees" is not true either, as everyone can tell > you. > >> :) > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294818 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
