

The micronation of Sealand
PirateBay's plans threatened as Sealand's sovereignty is called into question






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Not really suitable anyway
By Azsen on 1/22/2007 9:27:24 PM , Rating: 1
How was Sealand going to be suitable for the Pirate Bay anyway? Where were they going to get their high bandwidth data connections from? Run their own fibre to Sealand maybe at a cost of only a few million?

Also half the idea of running a pirate network is the secrecy of your whereabouts so the authorities can't find out where your base is. With it being in Sealand, -everyone- is going to know where they are. What's to stop the U.S. from firing a cruise missile at it, or sending a single jet to bomb it back to the stone ages? Even a small Navy Seals team would do the job fine. No-ones going to cry over the loss of a few pirates. Lawyers and the U.N. won't help you, you'll need some serious military hardware to defend your little pirate nation.

RE: Not really suitable anyway
By Lifted on 1/22/2007 10:02:15 PM , Rating: 4
Navy Seals? Seriously, we're talking about nerd pirates here. A few highschool football players could seize control of their entire nation/island/platform. Perhaps even pee wee leaguers.

RE: Not really suitable anyway
By angryhippy on 1/23/07, Rating: -1
RE: Not really suitable anyway
By Oregonian2 on 1/23/2007 6:03:04 PM , Rating: 2
Don't know. If just one "native" is bumped overboard and dies, that would be pretty close to genocide in that "country".

RE: Not really suitable anyway
By akugami on 1/22/2007 10:06:00 PM , Rating: 3
Only the fact that every single nation on earth would be opposed to such actions. Now, they can call for sanctions against a nation that is doing illegal activities but you can't just blow them into the stone age.

RE: Not really suitable anyway
By l3ored on 1/22/2007 10:22:36 PM , Rating: 2
Now, you can suggest democracy as a form of government, but if a country is a dictatorship, you can't just blow them into the stone age.

RE: Not really suitable anyway
By Mels on 1/23/2007 9:33:47 PM , Rating: 1
Sure you can, the US is doing it right now.

RE: Not really suitable anyway
By BBeltrami on 1/24/2007 11:50:27 AM , Rating: 2
Navy Seals?! Heck just send Chuck Norris.

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