[a fool in paradise]

Earth First is going to sue the American crew for polluting.

[11th_VA]

I'm not making this up:

Defence expert: I have sympathy with pirates

"The 44-year-old, who works in Bromley and south-east London, said: "Desperate people take chances. I do sympathise with people who are that desperate, I mean you've got to show some humanity towards them as well. I think that's pretty important."

http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/content/bromley/times/news/story.aspx?brand=BMLYTOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbmlyt&itemid=WeED08%20Apr%202009%2015%3A19%3A39%3A170

[El Gato]

Earth First is going to sue the American crew for polluting.

The sharks would take care of that problem, if the pirates really were *in* the water, rather than on it, in one of the ship's own lifeboats.