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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:54 PM Original message |
Poll question: Somali pirates are... |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Other: depends on the circumstance |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
51. no |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Vitally necessary to stave off global warming |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ever see "Dog Day Afternoon"??? |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. "Some times, in life, there are shades of gray" |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. What about that 16 yr. old kid? |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. A 16 year old murderer in the US |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
44. Tell it to the Columbine Shooters... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. And sometimes, in life, there are people |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. And sometimes, in life, there are people |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. The fact that someone can make money doing something is not a very good justification. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. So if you were put in the same position - |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
52. Billions of people, every day, choose NOT to become criminals and brutes. |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:27 AM Response to Reply #26 |
54. Not have any children. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. And sometimes in life there are fuckheads |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Your kid is starving. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
50. Well and succinctly put (given your nom de plume) Occam. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Apparently we don't do much "shades of gray" in this country. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. "Shades of gray" just doesn't work if your aim is to dehumanize a people... |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Other |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't know - I'm being lied to about them |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Really? You should start a thread about that! |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. That's a good idea! Thanks! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. You're a good citizen. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. The major source of gdp for Puntland, just above goats. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. Oh oh oh I got it "Eco Warriors"! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. ROFL! Brave eco warriors!!! A branch of Greenpeace!! The Somali branch! |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. Brave victims of oppression who have, through desperation, become marauding thugs. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I will not deny that piracy is significantly more profitable than substistence farming, |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Well, when the field becomes a battleground |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes. Significantly more Somalians are not pirates than are pirates. nt |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Brave victims? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. So, are they all criminals? Or are they just entrepreneurs? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. They're criminals who, after stealing everything in Somalia, have turned their attention to the sea |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. They're not the ones who stole everything in Somalia. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. Terrifying bogeyman gearing up to invade Manhattan in speedboats. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. woohooo |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. Some talking head on the GOP-controlled media hinted that they may be Al Qeda. n/t |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. a threat to humanity.. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. ...one result of allowing gay marriage. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Environmentalists! (ie warlords who kidnap people, take money for their own benefit) |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. How the heck would I know? nt |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. And they're murderers and thieves. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. The Pittsburgh Pirates AA team |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. kick. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
40. kick. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
41. kick for more votes. |
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JustinL (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
43. other |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Or simply in a stable country... |
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JustinL (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. good thing we have people in charge who aren't so limited |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Now that's getting a bit closer to where folks need to go |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
46. Other...sad people caught up in unfortunate circumstances |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
49. Criminals who care less about nothing but money |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
53. Somali pirates are... |
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