Comments by "Vierotchka" (@Vierotchka) on "Somali pirates in line for compensation after rights violated." video.

  1. infinitecanadian Ever since a civil war brought down Somalia's last functional government in 1991, the country's 3,330 km (2,000 miles) of coastline — the longest in continental Africa — has been pillaged by foreign vessels. A United Nations report in 2006 said that, in the absence of the country's at one time serviceable coastguard, Somali waters have become the site of an international "free for all," with fishing fleets from around the world illegally plundering Somali stocks and freezing out the country's own rudimentarily-equipped fishermen. [snip] High-seas trawlers from countries as far flung as South Korea, Japan and Spain have operated down the Somali coast, often illegally and without licenses, for the better part of two decades, the U.N. says. They often fly flags of convenience from sea-faring friendly nations like Belize and Bahrain, which further helps the ships skirt international regulations and evade censure from their home countries. [snip] Beyond illegal fishing, foreign ships have also long been accused by local fishermen of dumping toxic and nuclear waste off Somalia's shores. A 2005 United Nations Environmental Program report cited uranium radioactive and other hazardous deposits leading to a rash of respiratory ailments and skin diseases breaking out in villages along the Somali coast. According to the U.N., at the time of the report, it cost $2.50 per ton for a European company to dump these types of materials off the Horn of Africa, as opposed to $250 per ton to dispose of them cleanly in Europe. Source: http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1892376,00.html
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  2. Had the Western countries not illegally trawled out all the fish in Somali waters and then completely polluted and poisoned these waters by dumping tens of thousands of toxic waste into them, the Somali fishermen would never have had to resort to piracy to survive. These pirates should be compensated for the destruction we have wrought upon them. They should be paid billions of dollars. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/14/analysis_somalia_piracy_began_in_response
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  3. infinitecanadian At last, we seem to agree on one thing! :)
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  4. The law is the law and it is the same for all.
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  5. infinitecanadian It is a statement of fact. And even if it were a "ridiculous, goody-two-shoes statement" (which of course it is not), it still would be infinitely better than your sociopathic ones.
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  6. infinitecanadian The fact that people are treated differently only means that the law is not being followed.
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  7. infinitecanadian That may be so but it shouldn't be so, daughter. In some countries and instances where there actually is real justice, the law is the same for everyone and is applied equally to all, whether you like it or not.
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