While I don't think they "deserved it" don't you think this (as reported) is asking for trouble?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/piracy
The sailboat being piloted by Jan Quist Johansen, his wife and their three children, ages 12 to 16,
anchored near the coastal village of Hafun late Tuesday, said Yusuf Abdullahi Sanyare, the commissioner of Hafun, which lies on Somalia's northern tip, in a region known as Puntland...
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The Johansen family was aware of the pirate threat in the waters off of East Africa but believed that warships patrolling the waters would protect them, according to entries on their travel blog.
Maritime experts said the Johansens had placed themselves in grave danger off Somalia's lawless coast
despite warnings from naval forces struggling to police the area against pirates.
Ya gotta love this part though -
However, a Somali pirate who gave his name as Muse Abdi said the family was transferred to
another, larger pirated ship. He said the family has not been harmed.
... Abdi said that no ransom demands have yet been made.
He said the pirates aren't criminals but "coast guards." 