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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Call to Johnny Depp and Disney -- Launch PSA pressuring U.N. to take action against Pirates

Since Johnny Depp and Disney have earned tons of income off their "Pirates of the Carribean" movie series, I wondered if they had anything to say about the current situation off the Somali Coast, where 80 Filipino Seafarers are being held hostage by Somali pirates.

The only thing I could find on a page-1 Google search was this, from ABC News (owned by Disney):


Real-Life
Pirates Can't Match 'Capt. Jack Sparrow'
Bandits Nabbed, Yacht Hostages
Rescued in Somalian High-Seas Adventure


I decided to try different searches on Johnny Depp and Disney on Google, to see if either had come out and said anything about real-life piracy. They didn't. Here's what I found instead:

The Real Jack Sparrow: He would have eaten Johnny Depp for breakfast

Pirates May Be Popular in Movies, But Piracy Remains a Threat

Disney Caught Pirating from Public Domain -- and Children!

Johnny Depp: U.S. is like a stupid puppy

The Pirates Are Back….but no Johnny Depp this time



I am calling for Johnny Depp and Walt Disney Co. to speak out against modern-day Piracy, and to use their connections to put pressure on the U.N. to defeat the pirate criminals off the Somali Coast and elsewhere. I am hopeful that this blog-post will eventually reach the ears of Johnny and the execs at Walt Disney, and that they will act to help the 80 hostages currently held by these criminals.

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