[r9etb]

This is what passes for enlightened thought in the west. Insane.

FWIW, it's exactly the same thought that was applied to the Barbary Pirates, back in the late 18th/early 19th centuries. America took a different line then, too....

[skeeter]

Yep, Europeans paid tribute to the corsairs till the marines showed them differently. I doubt they’ll follow our lead this time.

[AreaMan]

Roger Middleton, a piracy expert at the London-based think tank Chatham House, said the international maritime community was still "solidly against" armed guards aboard vessels at sea,...

I picture this d-bag as looking something like this: