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Post by (LK) on Jul 19, 2005 20:21:06 GMT -5
I didn't know they had one, but it consists of big boats, small boats, boats... did you guys know this? I sure didn't
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Post by SuperBassX84 on Jul 20, 2005 1:42:39 GMT -5
I find it very hard to believe that Al-Qaeda could have anything that could be considered a "Navy." Navies usually have to have a port to base out of, and that'd be an awfully big "SHOOT ME" sign. A few scattered gunboats I could see, but not a full-fledged navy.
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Post by devo2 on Jul 20, 2005 2:15:25 GMT -5
It's true that airplane seat cushions can be used as flotation devices in the event of a water landing, but I hardly think that qualifies as a navy..
Also, floating logs, rafts, tied-off tree branches, old bathtubs, and rubber duckies do not count as a navy.
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Post by piñata on Jul 20, 2005 9:43:06 GMT -5
...rubber duckies do not count as a navy. There goes my idea for the next Conclave Adventure.
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Post by Elfie on Jul 20, 2005 12:40:24 GMT -5
A Navy, of sorts..."Other bloody acts have taken place of late in Asia. Last year the Cheung Son was seized just outside Hong Kong waters. The whole case is curious. The ship was carrying furnace slag, a near valueless cargo. Her hijackers are suspected by international authorities of having dumped the slag and taken on board exports of Chinese arms. The 23 crewmen were gagged, shot, weighted and dumped overboard. Half-a-dozen of the corpses were brought up in the nets of Fujianese fishermen. In August 1999 Chinese police claimed to have found the mainland mastermind, after supposedly chancing upon photographs of the pirates partying on board the ship after the shooting spree. The Cheung Son has never been found. Curiouser and curiouser. It seems ridiculous that pirates can conceal the whereabouts of something as large as a ship. But, in fact, this is quite easily done. They start by painting over the name. And even if the original name is embossed on the ship’s bow or stern in raised steel, that is no great obstacle. Ships change their names all the time, as they are bought and sold. What counts are the registration papers. And several of the laxer “flag” states—classic examples are Belize, Honduras and Panama—offer temporary registration of ownership with few questions asked. You need scarcely more than a fax machine and the fee money." Note this is from 1999. Some people are suggesting now that certain cells of Al-Qaeada are working towards acquiring more and more of these "phantom ships", not to form an attack, but to pull them into ports with a large amount of explosives. Remember, rhe largest non-nuclear explosion came from two ships colliding in a Halifax harbour back in 1917, and they were carrying only a fraction of the explosives a ship could carry today. A well-placed ship in a harbour could take out a large chunk of Boston, and with customs officials only checking 1 in 10 containers on incoming ships, the chances of a successful attack are pretty high. *hopes there are no terrorists reading this*
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Post by (LK) on Jul 20, 2005 14:16:03 GMT -5
they can just use a small boat with a nuclear device and blow themselves up like the history channel suggested
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Post by (LK) on Jul 20, 2005 21:08:32 GMT -5
I think they should have open peace marches, myself. You know, in silence and all... they won't, they want to kill everyone and anything that does not believe the same thing they do. That's why they destroyed all that ancient art and stuff over at the middle east, budha statues, etc. They'll even kill their own people, it's all about them and their extreme points of view man and forcing raped victims to marry their rapist
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Post by Static on Jul 21, 2005 9:09:41 GMT -5
I think that any group that can float and fight at the same time could technically be considered a Navy.
That's all I can really think of.
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Post by (LK) on Jul 21, 2005 14:18:00 GMT -5
Evidently sarcasm just doesn't have the same effect without a smiley... sorry dude heheh ;D
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Post by (LK) on Jul 21, 2005 14:19:34 GMT -5
I think that any group that can float and fight at the same time could technically be considered a Navy. That's all I can really think of. The Marines can do that, i believe (or used to, 100-200 so years ago) they just blow themselves up and stuff, i heard that they fear pork because touching it before death does not let you get to go to heaven or you get half the amount of virgins or something according to their religion. we should get a pig megatron to scare them
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Post by SuperBassX84 on Jul 21, 2005 16:00:22 GMT -5
I think that any group that can float and fight at the same time could technically be considered a Navy. That's all I can really think of. Float and fight at the same time? Yes, I suppose that would count, however pathetic the navy might be. Floating in and THEN blowing yourself up? Not so much...
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Post by (LK) on Jul 21, 2005 16:22:39 GMT -5
I think that any group that can float and fight at the same time could technically be considered a Navy. That's all I can really think of. Float and fight at the same time? Yes, I suppose that would count, however pathetic the navy might be. Floating in and THEN blowing yourself up? Not so much... I'm sure their god will grant them gills for such an operation i hope not
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Post by Buddha on Jul 27, 2005 0:38:26 GMT -5
Eh this is a little hard to believe, but there are quite the few deserted islands! (That i will one day be the ruler of) I am to ruling little islands as elfie is to debating.
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Post by Elfie on Jul 27, 2005 0:47:24 GMT -5
I'm...flattered?
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Post by (LK) on Jul 27, 2005 1:17:32 GMT -5
i guess he's saying you think about debating? I think somewhere... in a far land..... a beer exploded
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Post by piñata on Jul 27, 2005 11:43:03 GMT -5
He's trying to say that Elfie's a Master Debater, actually. ;D
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Post by Elfie on Jul 27, 2005 13:33:50 GMT -5
Oh how witty! I'd certainly never heard that before!
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Post by Buddha on Aug 11, 2005 2:56:26 GMT -5
I tried to make a funny/compliment, but I failed. I'm going to go cry myself to sleep again.
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