but some of us are not on QL all day long.

the figures i heard this morning were that the costs of piracy were insignificant when compared to the size of the shipping industry, and so paying ransoms for these companies is not much of a problem - just a cost of doing business. they spend more on diesel (or whatever those ships run on)

now that the pirates have come out saying they will kill any american crew that they find on future ships, i imagine this will go beyond a mere business equation.

i think we'll see more violence in these acts of piracy going forward.
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