Captain Phillips

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

To the point, regardless of motive, someone attacking you with weaponry as somali pirates do, I view a matter of life or death.

^This.

Fighting against pirates armed with medium MGs, rockets, assault rifles and pistols by using water hoses or sound phalanxes, is somewhat missing the point.

And the words of some I think British general are on my mind: "Of course we could have turned and run away. But why dying tired?"

The pirate who escapes will come back to haunt another victim. If you take him out, he won't. Good for you, good for the potential future victim. It cannot be disputed that your interest to stay free and unharmed ranks higher than that of the armed and attacking pirate to capture you and your ship and goods, having you at the mercy of his hands, fearing for your life, getting imprisoned for months if not years, getting tortured, humiliated, raped, traumatized.