Our 'culture' has some benefits
From John Farrier writing at
Neatorama:
Mariners Drive off Somali Pirates by Playing Britney Spears Music
Sure, you can shoot and kill the pirates. But why let them off that easily? Blast them with Britney! That�s what British merchant mariners are doing as they go around the Horn of Africa�a region plagued by Somali pirates. The Mirror reports:Rachel Owens, 34, a merchant navy officer on huge super tankers off the east coast of Africa says the music is a really effective way of deterring the pirates and their high-speed skiffs.
Second Officer Rachel from Aberfoyle in Scotland said: �Her songs have been chosen by the security team accompanying our tankers because they thought the pirates would hate them most.
�These guys can�t stand Western culture or music, making Britney�s hits perfect.�
Don�t worry about crew safety. Ms. Owens says that she can direct the speakers out to sea at the pirates so that the ship�s crew doesn�t come up the direct impact of Britney Spears�s music.
Heh -- love it! Use their culture against them. Show them how ridiculous it is. The joy is that this works both ways...
Posted by DaveH at October 29, 2013 9:18 PM