Things that make my head go "pop"

Every now and then I come across an article about something so stupid, evil or just plain dumb that it's all I can do not no let my brain explode. In this category neatly falls this article from The Telegraph:
"Pirates terrorising ships in the Indian Ocean, looting and taking hostages, are often given medical checks and fed after being caught, before being sent of their way.

This is also sometimes because although they are carrying guns and other weapons, they have not been caught in the act of piracy and therefore have not technically committed a crime.

More than 340 suspected Somalian pirates have been captured by international naval forces in the last year and subsequently released on the advice of lawyers."

There is an old, proven way of dealing with pirates. It has served the various navies of hundreds of different nations well over the centuries, to the point where it could be claimed to be a custom, nay tradition: HANGING.

There is no earthly reason why any Somali ship's crew should be caught offshore with anything more harmful than a wooden fork in their possession. There is certainly no reason why possessing anything more harmful should lead to an application for asylum, much less the granting of said asylum. This practice of cuddling pirates is just one of the more insane manifestations of our current "humanitarian" policy towards evildoers of all stripes, nationalities and religions (there seems to be a bias in favor of muslims, although that might be just a sample bias if you get my drift).

Hoisting the bastards from the mast would surely send the right signal to other would-be pirates to leave our ships the fuck alone, as would any serious naval effort to blow the scum out of the water. What we're currently doing is insanity, of the liberal kind. We're concerned with human rights and international law, when what's needed is for the civilized world to use its overwhelming military superiority to kill these fuckers and kill them dead.