Try not to go Kryten when you read these two paragraphs that believe it or not are from the same story one directly after the other:
“If you bother us again, we will order someone in Mogadishu to meet you,” a gang member added before the line went dead.
Often, though, the pirates are friendly and helpful, though they detest use of the p-word. “We never kill people. We are Muslims. We are marines, coastguards — not pirates,” one said.
Maybe it is because although I was born in 63 my parents were born in the early 20’s and my father served in the pacific during World War II but I just can’t wrap my head around this stuff or the ability of people to let this stuff go.


