Interview with a Somalian pirate
Jul. 28th, 2009 11:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
holly_evolvinghttp://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/exclusive-interview-with-a-pirate/
From the article:
"Q: What was your job before you start this one or what forced you to become a pirate?
A: Every government in the world is off our coasts. What is left for us? Nine years ago everyone in this town was stable and earn[ed] enough income from fishing. Now there is nothing. We have no way to make a living. We had to defend ourselves. We became watchmen of our coasts and took up our duty to protect the country. Don’t call us pirates. We are protectors."
Beyond this statement is a clear discussion of the logistics of piracy, its methods and its reasons. These are not privateers who kill entire crews for cargos of gold and jewels, nor are they drunken swashbucklers.
What would you do if it was your country?
From the article:
"Q: What was your job before you start this one or what forced you to become a pirate?
A: Every government in the world is off our coasts. What is left for us? Nine years ago everyone in this town was stable and earn[ed] enough income from fishing. Now there is nothing. We have no way to make a living. We had to defend ourselves. We became watchmen of our coasts and took up our duty to protect the country. Don’t call us pirates. We are protectors."
Beyond this statement is a clear discussion of the logistics of piracy, its methods and its reasons. These are not privateers who kill entire crews for cargos of gold and jewels, nor are they drunken swashbucklers.
What would you do if it was your country?