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Hello Slade
it is ahmed one the egyptian volunteers who wan in the ship we went shopping together
well i want u to tell everybody hi and that we really miss u all guys i wonder where u reached up till now and concerning the heat i am damn sure about this so i hope u all r fine
and i also have great pics for the open boat and hepca peapole with GP people if u wanna just send me an email and i will send them to u

tell everybody hi from me
i will be intouch with u all guys

So what would you do if pirates boarded the ship? Would you use violence? Well, you must use violence, seeing as the pirates would probably try to kill you.

Hi Ahmed,
Thanks again for all your help and giving your time whilst we were in Egypt. It was very handy, and also very nice to have an Egyptian onboard whilst we were in port. Was also very good of you to help us with sourcing the small 'odds and ends' of supplies we needed.

I've read your comment out to the crew and they all say a big hello and thanks for all your wonderful work you did for us. It's very much appreciated. We all hope to see you again soon. Keep in touch!

Thanks Again!

Cheers,
Slade

Hi Kieron,
Thanks for your post and for the good question. Keep in mind first off that we are un-armed. Many ships carry guns for this reason. We do not.

However, we do have procedures to resist boarding non-violently. I won't give away any details in case the pirates read all our weblogs (and of course they do, silly to think otherwise).

But the simple answer is: All of our activities are non-violent. This is a fundamental and inviolable principle of Greenpeace.

I hope this answers your question Kieron.

Thanks again for the posting!

Cheers,
Slade

Let's hope you won't even come into the situation of having to apply these non-violent procedures.

*Waiting for you guys to dock in Chennai,India*