I hold them spaghetti monster worshippers to blame! They seem obsessed with pirates, their false god has encouraged many jigaboos to take up iniquitous crimes against honest merchants. The Lord needs us to rid the world of these scum!
Sister JennyD, the death penalty is the only language they understand yet this implies a trial! Why should they be given a trial? Did they give their victims a trial? Where's the lynch-mob when you want one? Floating gallows (or for artistic effect, a floating tree)! That's the answer! (There's plenty of people we know who could do the job.
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