Pirates seize U.S. freighter, hold captain for ransom

[Lemur]

I realise few ever read linked articles, but this is a good summary of the wickedness that many of the Somali pirates are reacting against.

When did this meme take over? First Tribes uses it as a justification for never sourcing his arguments, and now you're saying it?

I love to read the articles. I post links to source constantly. I'm always amazed at how many Orgahs not only follow the links but find things in the articles that I missed.

Let's quash this thought before it goes completely viral. It is worthwhile to post sources and links, and people do read them. Sure, some don't, but that's hardly a reason to strip our debates of reference and resource.

[Banquo's Ghost]

When did this meme take over? First Tribes uses it as a justification for never sourcing his arguments, and now you're saying it?

Maybe I'm just being over sensitive, but there's been several topics recently that went straight off the rails and it was evident that no-one bothered to read the article provided, just threw out their standard line.

That's always been the Backroom, but it seemed particularly prevalent of late. Apologies if it seemed like I was establishing a meme - I agree with your post as a whole.

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Relaxes, believing that no-one has spotted the reality of my alt account...

Oh please. That's a good PR line that people like Hari will swallow because then they can bash the UK and not the Somali pirates.

Oh good. Now that we know the whole thing is merely the imagination of a writer you don't like, the problem can go back to being nicely black and white.