Posted on 11/29/2015 9:04:19 AM PST by BenLurkin
A fleet of 11 ghost ships containing the rotting remains of sailors has washed up on the Japanese coastline, sparking an investigation in the country.
The mysterious ships have given rise to numerous conspiracy theories in the country, as authorities battle to discover the identities of the bodies.
Rescuers told Japanese broadcaster NHK that the bodies of at least 20 sailors were âbadly decomposedâ and âskeleton-likeâ.
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It has been impossible to identify the bodies and authorities have no idea where they might have come from.
The only clues as to where the boats may have come from are a scrap of material that appears to have come from a North Korean flag, and writing on one of the boats that seems to read âKorean Peopleâs Armyâ.
Some believe that the vessels are fishing boats from North Korea, as the nation is trying to expand its fishing industry to boost harvests.
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Sorry, I guess I wasn’t clear. I meant that the Japanese would not have access to the database.
Well .. that’s possible .. but I bet South Korea does have a data base .. if these people turn out to be prisoners from NK.
Just run the DNA from the teeth and let SK see if they can identify them.
Hmmm...I had not thought about the possibility of prisoners from SK.
Of course, the Norks would have no problem sacrificing their own citizens.
Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
If that were the case, there should have been at least some primitive electronic eavesdropping equipment (gookcopied from that on our Pueblo) on board...
As much as I hated the Romantic Poets in school, I’m amazed I remembered that much.
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Long, long (8th grade, 65 years) ago, in a galaxy not very far away...
<Chuckle...>
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" contains every figure of speech in the English language.
And, one of the best teachers I ever had, spent six of my eighth-grade weeks on the "Rime", making sure we knew how to use it as a "toolkit of figures of speech".
She did her job well: I still remember most of the poem. So, when I use alliteration, in the back of my mind, I hear:
"The fair breeze blew,
the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea."
The "Rime as toolkit" has served me well.
For two years, I feared and nearly loathed that teacher—and the "College Track" English teacher who followed her for three years in high school! But, If I could go back and give Mrs. Otilla Costly Diemer (8-9) and Mrs Agnes Hamm (10-12) big hugs, I would leap at the opportunity!
Need I say it? Those were the days when Public Education still worked—and worked well—and had great teachers!
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