It seems so easy to become a pirate these days. Torrent some music, you're a pirate. Say that you enjoy booty, you're a pirate. Steal an tanker loaded with over $100m worth of oil and threaten to plough it into a city, you're a pirate.
In actuality, the latter happened last week, when some Somalian swashbucklers took control of a Saudi Arabian vessel about 800km off the coast of Kenya.
This is not the first act of this kind. Anyone who believes piracy (actual piracy that is, not the 'OMG you totally stole music ZOMGWTF!!!' kind) died off with the last spice merchant trading routes in the 1800's should think again. Pirates are very much alive, well, and causing quite a raucus.
Don't worry though. Music piracy is much more prevalent than that of the nautical variety. In fact, while the world waits to see how that little doozy clears itself up, I'm busy listening to some old jazz records I torrented. I mentioned previously that I sometimes avoid using headphones so I notice the sounds happening around me, but there's also nothing better to clear your head than losing yourself in the beautiful sounds of Les Baxter or Xavier Cugat. They have that incredible ability to whisk you away from the real world, if only for an hour or so. It's easy to imagine yourself somewhere else, be it back home or marooned on some deserted island.
Actually, lately I've been wondering how I'd go if I were stuck on a deserted island.
A little strange I know, but I assume it's partially because I'm stressed, it's cold, Lost comes back in January, I'm currently reading Robinson Crusoe, and my apartment is adorned with palm leaves in every conceivable square foot.
That'd do it I guess, and I'd be pretty screwed to tell the truth. But remember, there's always a chance that just past that next cluster of palm trees, there's a Starbucks.
As for everything else, things are steaming along like a hussy-laden showboat. I was going to make a more intimate post about my recent doings, but dissing the recent episodes of Heroes and talking about country-western nights at the Roxy (and the booty therein) is - although great fun - not really my shtick. I thought instead, that seeing as Sony BMG, Warner Music and Universal have just started offering DRM free tracks on iTunes, I'd make mention of piracy. Because we could be hearing less about that kind now.
Jimzip :D
7 thoughts are now mine:
Speaking of piracy - iinet (an internet provider) in australia is getting sued for not stopping people their users from downloading copyright material. Pretty sure they'll win the case... but glad they're not going after my internet provider all the same! Although if the governments internet censorship plan happens the internet may be too slow to download anything at all. (Perhaps it's their secret plan to stop piracy.)
PS. Yes there were typos in that message, just testing that you're reading closely. ;) Plus I like leaving multiple messages as that way I get to read multiple word verification words. Today: brogst and presida.
Hahah. Oh, I read it closely - not unforgiveable - but I must say, Australia without a capital 'A' is just plain preposterous!
Oh and so far today I've had neuobl and sprekl (I think, hard to remember nonsensical words).
Jimzip :D
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Hussy-laden showboat. :D How do you come up with these expressions? They're very funny!
Interesting post. I'm reading a novel atm and it's got pirates in it. They have their reasons for doing what they do (although mostly it is for the booty, yes :)) Just thought I'd mention that.
Following!
And my word is "promp".
Eprig...what?! Im not an eprig! She started it!!
I miss piracy! Wait, back up. miss the IDEA of piracy. I think, like all things that go away and come back in a certain space of time - not so soon that people remember the downside, and just soon enough that people have made colourful romaticised movies about it- piracy just sounds cool.
The truth is its shattering experience with very real and painful situations for the those involved. But if even one of them had a cutlass they get my vote!
Somali's have cutlass's right??
Plesses? Someone forgot to teach blogger.com how to spell please.
Piracy is an odd thing to still be around. But a country like Somalia, which has a failed government, crippled Economy, a population in famine...it's not surprising that the people would resort to such measures.
Perhaps more international intervention in the country, and I mean peaceful, not war or threats to attack, would be the best cure to the issue. Threatening to let loose all a country's power on them is a tad ridiculous, and not remotely constructive. They need to be deterred from resorting to piracy, sure, but help them not need to do it.
picture me likey.
like, reallyyyyyy likey.
Me + that island + johnny depp = complete total and utter bliss.
You now know what to get me for christmas.
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