On: Cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland 'was loaded...

[dralley]

We've been following the "please don't" strategy for 10 years. It doesn't seem to be working very well.

[matt-p → dralley]

So what would you do? Assuming the boat is no longer in your or your friends waters?

[Zigurd → matt-p]

Not appeasement. That's been tried.

[matt-p → Zigurd]

What WOULD you do?

[scotty79 → matt-p]

Eye for an eye. Or better yet two eyes. Escalate boldly and actively till the bully backs off and maybe a bit more to make sure he's not faking.

[Animatronio → scotty79]

Whoa, lots of tough guys here! I didn't know Java programming turns regular Joes into superwarriors.

[scotty79 → Animatronio]

I started with PHP... 4.3... 20 years ago. And that was just the beginning. Java is for peacenicks.

Alas, I still don't have a single tank to my name, so it's not me that will be doing the shooting. Or even deciding to shoot.

At 45 years I already lived too long and seen too much. I don't mind universe giving me its best shot at mythical thermonuclear war. I fully expect it to be pathetic.