Daveed Gartenstein-Ross: How should the world deal with terrorism? Classifying terrorists as pirates is not the answer. - '...Mr Burgess poses three major reasons that defining terrorism as piracy would constitute a great leap forward: it would grant states universal jurisdiction to apprehend terrorists, reverse many of the human rights problems that have arisen, and bring greater legitimacy to the fight against terrorists by depoliticising questions of how to define terrorism. None of these rationales withstand scrutiny, and the first two points--that defining terrorism as piracy will allow greater apprehension of terrorists while safeguarding rights--are in fact contradictory...' [Would that we could simply redefine our troubles away...]