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The regional court in Hamburg has had 100 days to demonstrate the point of transporting defendants from a poverty-stricken, seemingly archaic, lawless country thousands of kilometers in order to put them on trial. But, in the end, there is no point.

When the trial began in November 2010, the global media marveled at these 10 thin, dark-skinned men in T-shirts who had trouble providing exact answers to the judge's questions, replying that they were born "under a tree" or "during the rainy season." They were homesick. One pirate hoped for a quick execution; another suffered from depression. There were suicide attempts. The culture shock on both sides was considerable. Indeed, there's a reason the United Nations prefers for trials be held in the defendants' home region.

Basra- wrote:I think Tanker is going through a phase.