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Piracy?

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Poll: I think that the definition of piracy is...
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...stopping anyone anywhere.
10.26%
8 10.26%
...disturbing the lanes and stopping traders.
7.69%
6 7.69%
...demanding credits/cargo drop for personal/factional profit.
50.00%
39 50.00%
...demanding credits/cargo drop no matter for what, even if the cargo is destroyed later (excluding smugglers).
17.95%
14 17.95%
...the above but including smugglers.
12.82%
10 12.82%
...somewhere in my post below.
1.28%
1 1.28%
Total 78 vote(s) 100%
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Piracy?
Offline Ayem
09-12-2009, 05:12 PM,
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You is stupid. Bucket smash!

I think the lawful fines are fine, I think lawfuls destroying contraband is fine. Smuggling should be punished. Slavery should be punished. The fine and potential destruction are there to discourage further smuggling by the trader. The fine is also an ingame technique to justify destroying the smuggler (because we can't arrest people and lock them away for eight years).

Stopping the trader and forcing them to pay a fine is government sanctioned piracy, it's one of those moments where the law says "these people can do this, because they do it with the authority of the state, but those people can't". It's fine.

It is possible to call lawful blockades and fines something else, but when you boil down the red-tape, it's revenue gathering and punishment all wrapped into one.

Do you know how much your country's police earn from just speeding tickets every year?

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Messages In This Thread
Piracy? - by Aoyagi - 09-12-2009, 02:50 PM
Piracy? - by Benjamin - 09-12-2009, 03:24 PM
Piracy? - by Tenacity - 09-12-2009, 03:35 PM
Piracy? - by Cyberanson - 09-12-2009, 03:44 PM
Piracy? - by Aoyagi - 09-12-2009, 03:44 PM
Piracy? - by Violette - 09-12-2009, 04:57 PM
Piracy? - by Ayem - 09-12-2009, 05:12 PM
Piracy? - by Grimly - 09-12-2009, 05:17 PM
Piracy? - by jammi - 09-12-2009, 05:35 PM
Piracy? - by Exsiled_one - 09-12-2009, 05:35 PM
Piracy? - by DarthCloakedGuy - 09-12-2009, 06:00 PM
Piracy? - by Aoyagi - 09-12-2009, 06:33 PM
Piracy? - by Colonel.Tigh - 09-12-2009, 06:48 PM
Piracy? - by kindred - 09-12-2009, 06:52 PM
Piracy? - by jammi - 09-12-2009, 06:55 PM
Piracy? - by Eppy - 09-12-2009, 07:08 PM
Piracy? - by Thurgret - 09-12-2009, 07:21 PM
Piracy? - by BaconSoda - 09-12-2009, 07:27 PM
Piracy? - by Exsiled_one - 09-12-2009, 08:19 PM
Piracy? - by DarthCloakedGuy - 09-12-2009, 08:58 PM
Piracy? - by Ackarion - 09-12-2009, 09:44 PM
Piracy? - by Baltar - 09-12-2009, 09:44 PM
Piracy? - by MrHeadphones - 09-12-2009, 10:44 PM
Piracy? - by Ayem - 09-12-2009, 11:11 PM
Piracy? - by BaconSoda - 09-13-2009, 12:30 AM
Piracy? - by JovialKnight - 09-13-2009, 12:41 AM
Piracy? - by DarthCloakedGuy - 09-13-2009, 01:03 AM
Piracy? - by ... kur nubėgo? - 09-13-2009, 02:03 AM
Piracy? - by Canadianguy - 09-13-2009, 02:35 AM
Piracy? - by Eppy - 09-13-2009, 02:59 AM
Piracy? - by Canadianguy - 09-13-2009, 03:31 AM
Piracy? - by DarthCloakedGuy - 09-13-2009, 04:02 AM
Piracy? - by Elsdragon - 09-13-2009, 06:20 AM
Piracy? - by DarthCloakedGuy - 09-13-2009, 06:24 AM
Piracy? - by Elsdragon - 09-13-2009, 06:32 AM

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