ALTHOUGH IT MUST BE NOTED...:

How to Solve the Pirate Problem: Shoot them (Jonah Goldberg, 4/15/09, National Review)

Well, that was simple. Shoot the pirates, problem solved.

Okay, not the problem of piracy per se. But the problem of these specific pirates off the coast of Somalia: taken care of. And, if more pirates were shot, there would be fewer pirates. Unlike, say, jihadist terrorists, pirates are in it for the money. Raise the cost of being a pirate — in denominations of pirate blood — and you’ll lower the supply of pirates. That’s how governments — good and bad — have dealt with piracy for thousands of years.

...that opportunity has arisen because there have been pirates for thousands of years. It doesn't solve the problem, just deals with it without all this hysterical fuss.

Posted by Orrin Judd at April 15, 2009 7:57 AM