http://matadorpulse.com/paying-money-to-murder-russian-luxury-yachts-offer-pirate-hunting-cruises/

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"The yachts trawl at a deliberately slow speed, hoping to attract pirates. If attacked, the cruise passengers are ready to respond with heavy machinery: machine guns and grenade and rocket launchers. And if they want to tack on an extra $8.00 a day, passengers can hoist their very own AK-47. Ammo, though, costs an extra $11.50. "

5/17/2010 1:41:57 PM

5/17/2010 1:44:25 PM

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5/17/2010 1:46:14 PM

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sounds fun though

5/17/2010 1:46:21 PM

fake

5/17/2010 1:47:12 PM

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"Paying Money to Murder: Russian Luxury Yachts Offer Pirate Hunting Cruises In one of the tourism industry’s stranger developments, Russia begins taking money from tourists eager to help control piracy. Last month, I talked with an official of the U.S. Navy and asked him about the military’s role in preventing and responding to piracy. “We’re working on it,” he said with obvious frustration. “But it’s not an easy thing; you’re in international waters, there are all sorts of other competing interests….” He trailed off and then changed the subject, clearly annoyed by constraints that prevent direct action. He might be interested in Russia’s new strategy for responding to piracy: folding anti-piracy actions into its tourism industry. In a brilliant–if deeply disturbing–stroke of entrepreneurial genius, Russian luxury yachts have begun to advertise adventure cruises where passengers pony up almost $6,000 USD per day to cruise from Djibouti to Mombasa in search of pirates. The yachts trawl at a deliberately slow speed, hoping to attract pirates. If attacked, the cruise passengers are ready to respond with heavy machinery: machine guns and grenade and rocket launchers. And if they want to tack on an extra $8.00 a day, passengers can hoist their very own AK-47. Ammo, though, costs an extra $11.50. There’s no word yet on whether any of the passengers have successfully taken out any pirates… or whether there’s a money-back guarantee if a showdown fails to occur. “They are worse than the pirates,” said Russian yachtsman Vladimir Mironov. “At least the pirates have the decency to take hostages, these people are just paying to commit murder.”"

5/17/2010 1:48:43 PM

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"WORSE THAN PIRATES "

5/17/2010 2:49:26 PM

no, not really.

5/17/2010 3:58:26 PM

At least the pirates are trying to feed a family.

5/17/2010 4:01:54 PM

Isn't it already legal to kill attacking pirates? No?

I mean, if you're attacked, at sea or otherwise, I think a lethal response is not inappropriate.

5/17/2010 4:26:59 PM

this is cool as heck.

5/17/2010 4:28:01 PM

wasn't the law and order: CI openener for this season based on this?

5/17/2010 4:28:39 PM

Law and Order did it

5/17/2010 4:28:43 PM

Aw, damn. I think I missed that one.

5/17/2010 4:30:11 PM

This is fake.

I checked.

5/18/2010 10:59:00 AM

5/18/2010 11:00:35 AM

hell nah ill pass

pirates been doin this alot longer than yall have

they aint idiots out there on a boat

5/18/2010 11:01:16 AM

This is the best idea ever.

5/18/2010 11:01:32 AM

I like the concept.. But they would have to pay me to do this. Not the other way around.

5/18/2010 11:24:41 AM

Fuck man, how much does this cost?

I'm all for it. In fact, I'd like to organize a trip with some fellow tdubbers.

I am dead serious about this.

5/18/2010 11:54:30 AM

i'll start donations to send you

5/18/2010 11:55:19 AM

dead ass tdubbers

they wouldnt survive a day in the sun on the ocean

5/18/2010 11:57:54 AM

Seriously, if you guys want to gather the funds we should go kill some pirates. It sounds like a lot of fun.

5/18/2010 11:58:39 AM

5/18/2010 12:18:25 PM

link working

5/18/2010 12:20:04 PM

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"At least the pirates are trying to feed a family."

Most of these pirates are fishermen who chose piracy over fishing. While they may be dirt poor, don't be confused; this is about acquiring wealth, not feeding a family.

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"pirates been doin this alot longer than yall have they aint idiots out there on a boat"

Most of them are just fishermen with shoddy AK-47's, a RPG, and no fear of dying. It wouldn't be hard to take up arms against them.

[Edited on May 18, 2010 at 12:40 PM. Reason : l]

5/18/2010 12:40:18 PM

Consider yourself officially called out you faggot

you think you're tough? Then come say the shit you said about me and my friends on TWW to our faces

Can't wait to see your bitch ass crying when you get taken out

5/18/2010 12:46:47 PM

...with an RPG

5/18/2010 12:47:42 PM

^^^lack of fear and nautical experitise makes a huge difference

5/18/2010 12:50:01 PM

Yeah, but shooting pirates on a skiff would be easier than most of the games at the fair.

The RPG is the only problem, yet it's old and dated technology. I'm pretty sure there are plenty of modern non-rocket powered weapons like the Barrett .50 caliber would allow you to take care of that long before it was close enough to be an issue.

Peace, through superior firepower.

5/18/2010 12:54:33 PM

there are various flavors of RPG. The RPG-7, which is what they'd likely have, is still a helluva dangerous weapon, particularly against something not outfitted with modern armor.

You'd definitely be putting yourself into some danger, but there is no fucking way the pirates would take a ship that was armed in that way. They'd probably get a few shots off, have a shitstorm of fire returned, and get out of there as quickly as they could.

but regardless, this is fake according to snopes and another site that I checked (and I'd do it for free, but there's no way I'd pay thousands of dollars).

5/18/2010 1:01:44 PM

I'd be all for resurrecting the idea of the Q-ship to combat pirates.

5/18/2010 1:51:58 PM