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You want an anti-pirate system that will work? That's easy, we've had a working system for centuries! You hang 'em from the yardarm as a warning to others, an
by TheTarquin 17y ago
You want an anti-pirate system that will work? That's easy, we've had a working system for centuries!
You hang 'em from the yardarm as a warning to others, and then you burn their ships to the water line.
Pardon? Oh, you mean the OTHER kind of piracy.
- TheTarquin 17y agoSo, out of curiosity, down-voted because it wasn't funny, or because jokes aren't encouraged?
- wmf 17y agoProbably a little of both.
- stcredzero 17y agoHanging by the yardarm also had loopholes. (Ann Bonny and Mary Read both realized this.)