Fred_C Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I enjoy watching the History International channel on TV. They have a program called "Ancients Behaving Badly". The other night they focused on Julius Caesar. When he was a young, up-and-coming politician, he was captured by pirates and held for ransom. The pirates were going to ask for 20 silver talents (the narrator said that would be around $130K in today's money). Caesar laughed at them and told them that he was worth 50 talents. They adjusted their demand upward and Rome paid the freight. When he was released from captivity, Caesar told the pirates that he would return and kill them. When he got back to Rome, Caesar raised a naval force and went out looking for the pirates. He found them, defeated them and, true to his word, had them all crucified. However, being the reasonable person that he was, because they did not harm him during his captivity, he mercifully had their throats cut after they had hung on the crosses for awhile. That's how you do business with terrorists. If you play cool, you are cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Did he at least get the money back? Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_C Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 Hey Whitefang, Don't know. They didn't say on the show. If you play cool, you are cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 These days a couple of mini-guns starboard and port on ships seems to do the trick... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Today, it's a bit more like the old SNL skit: *dingdong* "Who is it?" "Predator Drone." "WHO?" "Predator Drone." "I'm sorry, I don't know anyone named Predator Drone." *dingdong* "Who is it?" "Candygram." "OoooOOOOOOHHhhhh! A Candygram!" *whoooshBOOOOOM!* Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Think back to that Captain of that merchant ship the pirates had a few years back. A couple of Navy seals showed them how it is done. pop,pop,pop, three down, none to go. Osama da bomma, and the Navy Seals again. Bang, bang, bang, get the DNA, and dump the creep overboard. dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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