Take That, Cap'n Jack Sparrow!

[poliphilo]

I notice everyone thinks pirates are totally cool until they actually turn up off the coast of Somalia in the 21st century. Then they're just a freakin' nuisance and deserve to be shot down like the scurvy sons of seacooks that they are. 

Maybe if they wore 18th century fancy dress...

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[petercampbell.livejournal.com]

And also if they all looked like Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom... :-P

Here's a link (via a friend of a friend of a friend on LJ) that gives a bit of background to the Somali pirate situation that I wasn't aware of:
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-you-are-being-lied-to-about-pirates-1225817.html

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Good article. Perhaps the Somali pirate are the good guys after all.