[Kartographer]

Well at least someone’s making money in today's economic climate!

Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a pirate's life for me We pillage, we plunder we rifle and loot Drink up me hearties, yo ho We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot Drink up me hearties, yo ho Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a pirate's life for me We extort, we pilfer we filch and sack Drink up me hearties, yo ho Maraud and embezzle and even high-jack Drink up me hearties yo ho Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a pirate's life for me We kindle and char inflame and ignite Drink up me hearties, yo ho We burn up the city we're really a fright Drink up me hearties, yo ho We're rascals, scoundrels villains, and knaves Drink up me hearties yo ho We're devils and black sheep - really bad eggs Drink up me hearties yo ho Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a pirate's life for me We're beggars and blighters and ne'er do-well cads Drink up me hearties, yo ho Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads Drink up me hearties, yo ho

[Mount Athos]

This money will help to fund taking 10x the number of hostages next year. As well as attracting more to the hostage taking field

[a fool in paradise]

Pirates freed 36 crew members from a Spanish trawler Tuesday, and a self-proclaimed pirate said the hostage-takers were paid $3.3 million in ransom. Spain's prime minister did little to deny a payment was made — one reason the lucrative attacks are on the rise.

$3.3million is cheaper than bringing them to NYC (for example) to try them as criminals and then pay for the subsequent trials against those who captured them.

[FreedomFerret]

We need to just mine the entire Somali coast and make it a no-mans land. (Or ocean, as it were.)

[Hodar]

$3 Million would buy lots of napalm. Napalm some surrounding villages, and promise that those villages were just the downpayment if all the sailors aren’t immediately released.

Why ANYONE puts up with piracy in modern times of satelite tracking, drones and the ability to wage war without risking a single soldier - especially against a country like Somalia - it utterly lost on me.

If Somalia is incapable of managing their population; then it is the duty of other nations in the area to protect themselves and help the authorities in Somalia by decimiating those areas where piracy exists.

[Past Your Eyes]

The Spainiacs chickens have come home to roost.

[TheBattman]

Doesn’t it give you such a warm and fuzzy feeling to know that these terrorists are being heavily rewarded, financially, for their brazen attacks?

[lack-of-trust]

a couple hundred rounds from the 16” guns will send a message that will be remembered for generations.