Pirates
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The Future of Piracy
Do you think the actions of Somali pirates given a slightly more realistic depiction in Captain Phillips that they might make us take the word pirate more seriously again. And where does the future of piracy lie what do we see in terms of trends in piracy will we change a kind of settled view of the past and how will it. What is the modern pirate going to look like? The modern pirate in many ways is exactly the same as the pirate of old someone who needs economic opportunity and sees vast amounts of wealth floating past from from the coast.
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