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2013-10-15 Africa Horn

Somali pirates on trial for seizing French yacht

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Posted by Fred 2013-10-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Pirates

#1 "Children" can and do murder,

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-10-15 10:26|| 2013-10-15 10:26|| Front Page Top

#2 The young pirate is 27 now, so he was only 23 in 2009 when the piracy was done, which is clearly less than the age of 26 at which we declare children grown up enough to be dropped from their parents' health insurance policies, so why is he being charged as an adult?

Posted by Glenmore 2013-10-15 10:29|| 2013-10-15 10:29|| Front Page Top

#3 It's the 'Arab' mentality, where a youth is someone less than age 35.

Posted by Pappy 2013-10-15 11:03|| 2013-10-15 11:03|| Front Page Top

#4 OTOH, at age 14 - or is it 9? I forget - a girl is old enough for a much older man to marry, in, uh, "ayrab culture," that is...

Posted by M. Murcek 2013-10-15 11:21|| 2013-10-15 11:21|| Front Page Top

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