US Destroyer chasing hijacked ship

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kennylibben wrote:Pigs are also good for disposing of flesh... sometimes they have been known to eat the bones as well.... but generally it is best to grind them up....

"They will go through bone like butter. You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting, so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm." ~Bricktop
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I suppose it depends how hungry they are.

I raise hogs... :jump_1:

although i admit i never have 16 at a time, but there are plenty of friends in the area that have barns full of them.
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Anonymous wrote:
Dustermaker wrote: here is my idea:

All the old ww2 ships still left should be made usable and then private people could go "pirate hunting" on them. Imagine a pirate hunting adventure!

What's to keep private people from becoming pirate themselves?
Im not saying give them FULL control, but it would be like a rich rich man safari(as opposed to a rich man safari)....LOL
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Anonymous wrote:
Dustermaker wrote: here is my idea:

All the old ww2 ships still left should be made usable and then private people could go "pirate hunting" on them. Imagine a pirate hunting adventure!

What's to keep private people from becoming pirate themselves?
The government can issue letters of marque and reprisal.
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bb-56 wrote:The government can issue letters of marque and reprisal.
Although the USA is actually considering issuing "contracts of marque" to allow private contractors to operate in an anti-smuggling role, technically these have been illegal in international law for 100 years.

At least a private contractor can build or buy a ship that won't crack in half like the Coast Guard's, or cost a minimum of a half-billion dollars like the Navy.
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