One Happy Pirate

[boomerbust]

Picture of Somali pirate being transferred to the FBI headquarters in NYC

[Catherine Vincent]

1. He should defect. nt

[angstlessk]

2. I was thinking about him while going to sleep last night....how he has never seen

ANYTHING like NY (I was 17 before I saw it myself and was awe struck)..how he is probably getting by better in jail in America than in freedom in Somilia? I can't say for sure, of course, just thoughts I had before dozing off.

[Renew Deal]

3. What's better? A federal prison or Somalia?

:think:

[gamecock]

4. federal prison

I bet you he's living the high life in New York.

[Renew Deal]

5. Prisons in NY are not fun.

So high life might be relative.

[gamecock]

6. For a pirate

in Somalia?

[Javaman]

11. probably a lot better than a third world prison for sure. nt

[Tesha]

7. Of course he's happy!

He chose the alternative that *DIDN'T* involve
getting a bullet in his head!

Tesha

[boomerbust]

8. The picture reminds me

Of the role played by Eddy Murphy in the movie Trading Places.

[stray cat]

9. the defense is he is 16, was under duress and risked his life to reach safety

with the US when he jumped ship.

[hedgehog]

10. I'd love to see him classified as a child soldier and sent to re-hab.

I think the US is strong enough to show mercy when we can.