In regards to piracy

[Grumblesaur]

Are you asking for civility, Trogdor? You're lecturing the wrong person if that's your goal. I've been offended on a personal level ... turn your lecture to Kurosora if you want this to be resolved. All I need is an apology or a retraction.

This thread is "in regards to piracy" ... correct? I posted a criticism of Kurosora's opinion by taking the opposite viewpoint. He didn't like it and told me to "shut up." Doesn't take many brain cells to see where the problem is. If all you want is for people to agree with your opinion then keep these topics out of the public forum. Telling me to "shut up" is telling the community (as a whole) that you are not open to dialogue or alternative opinions on the subject. Don't be closed minded sir.

My comments were on topic and right in line with the discussion within this thread. Everything was on topic until I was told to "shut up."
That's a matter of opinion. Most pirates are about getting rich. They specifically seek gold, treasures, etc. They don't go pirating for the exercise or the joy of blowing ships up. If there's no profit there's no point.

The only difference between a trader and a pirate is that a trader wants to make money legit and the pirate doesn't wanna deal with the red tape of the law. All pirates in history (and the present) conduct piracy as their "primary" means of income. Those Somalian pirates (who are active today) capture the ship and then ransom the ship, cargo AND the crew. When the corporation that owns the ship pay up ... they release them back to their owners (at least the crew). You might find that they receive better pay for the crew than the cargo or ship.

And thanks for agreeing with me by the way. Mith was agreeing with my comments that you quoted ... lolz.

Now if a pirate REALLY pirated for profit, would it be a good thing? Think about it...

You are a trader. You come across a pirate who steals for the sole purpose of funding all of his characters on the server. You fly a Train, he flies a barghest. You have 30mil, and are about to make 5mil with your next run. He is looking to purchase a new gunboat. He demands 5mil from you. What do you do?

My point is, we can have realism, but only to a degree to make things fair and fun for all.

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