After a week of polling and a very good turnout of 118 (thanks to everybody who voted, as ever), I can announce the final results as follows:
The best way to deal with Somali pirates would be to ...
Storm the tanker and kill them all/make them walk the plank - 41%
Nuke their harbour/mine their harbour - 21%
Just ignore them. How would they sell two million barrels of oil? - 17%
Grant them all asylum in the UK - 10%
Send even more aid payments to Somalia - 6%
Take the entire population of Somalia hostage - 4%
Pay the ransom - 1%
I included the "grant them all asylum" and "send even more aid payments to Somalia" options as a joke, of course. As Wolfie pointed out in the comments, anybody who voted for "grant them all asylum" should be deported. To Somalia.
Thursday, 27 November 2008
Fun online poll: dealing with Somali pirates: results
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"Grant them all asylum in the UK - 10%"
So you have readers in the Home Office then!
Good Poll
Now we need a poll of the governments likely response
BQ, that's easy - you just take the above results and put them in reverse order. For "take the entire population of Somalia hostage" read "invade and occupy", like Iraq.
I voted for asylum as a joke. i was hoping everybody would say the same thing.
Next time MW should put "asylum - I'm serious (but mentally ill lefty)" and "Asylum - Joke!"
It's interesting that 'pay the ransom' got the fewest votes, when it's the most likely outcome.
(& I also voted for asylum as a joke)
I didn't vote for asylum. I live in Shepherd's Bush and find it hard to believe there's anyone left in Somalia (other than a few pirates, clearly).
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