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I read an analysis this wekk which predicted that, as the global downturn took hold, there would be a return of old "piracy hotspots" such as the Strait of Malacca.
When I read this at first I had a fragmentary image of old "piracy hotspots" such as the English Channel off the coast of Cornwall, or off Cape Cod in Massachusetts, reappearing. And the pirates, along the lines of the Amish, would wear 18th century costume, preferably with a bit of Captain Hook influence.
After all, why should Somalia have all the fun (although rumours that the Air France plane from Brazil to Paris had turned up 50 miles off the Somalian coast turned out to be false)? Bring back old-fashioned pirate gear and flags, I say. Give Cornwall some kind of "Pirate exemption" so that the ne'er-do-well pirate rascals could have somewhere to hide out. After all, the UK would be better served if Cornwall was sealed off anyway, so giving a boost to its economy by adding some kind of piracy permission would be a good quid pro quo.
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When I read this at first I had a fragmentary image of old "piracy hotspots" such as the English Channel off the coast of Cornwall, or off Cape Cod in Massachusetts, reappearing. And the pirates, along the lines of the Amish, would wear 18th century costume, preferably with a bit of Captain Hook influence.
After all, why should Somalia have all the fun (although rumours that the Air France plane from Brazil to Paris had turned up 50 miles off the Somalian coast turned out to be false)? Bring back old-fashioned pirate gear and flags, I say. Give Cornwall some kind of "Pirate exemption" so that the ne'er-do-well pirate rascals could have somewhere to hide out. After all, the UK would be better served if Cornwall was sealed off anyway, so giving a boost to its economy by adding some kind of piracy permission would be a good quid pro quo.
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