Re: Pirate mother's Obama mercy plea
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...di ongle ting dat is new is dat an American vessel was ACTUALLY FLYING AN AMERICAN FLAG...usually, to avoid taxes etc, dem use a flag from some poor country dem register di ship een fi bypass US laws</div></div>
That is quite unusual.
I belive the term is Flag of Convenience. The two most popular flags of convenience are those of Liberia, Panama and the Bahamas.
It is also very uncommon to have American crews onboard merchant vessels. The majority are from the Philippines and India.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...di ongle ting dat is new is dat an American vessel was ACTUALLY FLYING AN AMERICAN FLAG...usually, to avoid taxes etc, dem use a flag from some poor country dem register di ship een fi bypass US laws</div></div>
That is quite unusual.
I belive the term is Flag of Convenience. The two most popular flags of convenience are those of Liberia, Panama and the Bahamas.
It is also very uncommon to have American crews onboard merchant vessels. The majority are from the Philippines and India.
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..wonda how him wudda did feel if fi him son who did set di dawg pon fyah juss cause, if him did feel di full lent of di law if him daddy neva did be di govana
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