:: I'll agree on the Reason quote. But I'm not convinced that the Exclaim article is a valid source; They are clearly intelligent guys, but other quotes from that same interview suggest to me that that is not a reliable source of facts: 
 'MS: There are new pirates now taking over ships in Malaysia or something. But they're not as cool. 
 TP: If they dressed up like old pirates? 
 MS: That would be pretty fucking good. 
 'What do you fear most? 
 TP: Germans. 
 MS: That's not a bad fucking fear, I must say. 
 TP: They're going to freak out and try it again. 
 MS: That's a great quote that I think Dennis Miller said about the new Pope. He said, “Whenever I see a German in power with throngs of people I start getting nervous.” I don't want to judge the German people, but you kind of have to. And I'm especially fucked if they rise again, because I'm a Jew berry. They picked me off the Jew tree.' 
 I don't think that they seriously fear Germans, or think that Somalian Piracy is good as long as they dress the part. Everything they do is satirical, and so everything they say to the media should be treated with caution.