[coryl]

Well organized, well armed Somali pirates hijacking commercial vessels does not equal a guy with a knife robbing you.

Did you know the pirates actually have a code of ethics (ironic as that may sound)? Why have they never raped or killed any of their hostages? Because all they want is money. Pay up, and the hostages get let go. Thats how their operation works.

Don't even try to compare that to a back alley robbery.

[Daniel_Newby]

Brigandry is brigandry. Whatever the scale, it is driven by the same lusts and impulses, and responds the same to rewards and punishments.