It's almost as if...
They wanted it to happen so the hapless souls aboard could suffer at the hands of the captors for weeks on end. It would generate vast amounts of media coverage as the negotiations tread the fine line between success and the inevitable armed confrontation of the ill equipped Omanese liberation army and the pirates. The grand finale would be a battle so huge that the wayward scud missle that is fired from Saudi Arabia at France in defiance of the imminent head scarf ban would cause an explosion so huge that dead people would be able to see it.

The result would be a cataclysmic all out war in the Middle East which would scorch the earth and eradicate the entire population. This would pave the way for a swift take over by the country best equipped to run an oil rich state effectively.Probably the Congo, Nigeria or Zimbabwe if I were to hazard a guess.

The whole sorry story would be filmed by E4 and broadcast in easily digestible 30 minute segments and would be called "Big Bother". The film rights would be sold to the highest bidder at a charity auction that would be hosted by the exhumed remains of King Henry the 8th and while the various dignatories in attendance would plead woefully to the camera's to "dig deep" and "lets show the world how much we care".

It's all so painfully obvious now that you point it out Blousie. It's sooo obvious.
(The Archduke of South London I'm in your Girlfriend eating her organs, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 15:51, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Innit!

( girlinthehole, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 15:52, Reply)