We romanticize pirates partly because they're far enough away that we can forget...
Pirates are still alive and well in the waters around Indonesia.
A Vietnamese refugee friend of mine says that her boat was boarded by pirates as she was crossing to Malaysia. The pirates did what pirates do.
My dad is a ham radio enthusiast and often talks to retired yachters as they sail around the world. They say that Indonesia is very dangerous and they have to gather in a convoy. The pirates now carry automatic rifles and rocket launchers.
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