Bullies on the High Seas

I love dead pirates. Especially when they are shot by snipers.

Bullies are awful.

Perhaps this killing will send a signal back to the would-be pirates currently struggling in Somalia.

It is very sad that a country is so awful that many of its young turn to crime, of some nature, in order to survive.

I am not so naïve to believe the rich West can solve all these problems for unfortunate people in unlucky nations. And sometimes, you just have to shoot them.

Sticks. Carrots. Shaming. Appeasement. Killing. Allowing. Bending. Standing straight up. Raising the bar. Acceptance. Punishing. Rewarding.

All these ways? Yes. And so few of them, almost none of them can solve the problem.

You pick one or two---mix them up---measure. Adjust. Try again. Measure. Adjust.

And while you are measuring, things change. Keep an eye out.

And carry guns.