If she feel indebted to the UK, she could compute how much the UK welfare state gave her, plus interests, and give the money directly to the government.
Nothing prevent her from doing so.

Maybe we are talking of different things.
The solution of this problem, in my eyes, is not forever.
I know, perfectly, that there would be always the possibility of new pirates, even if we kill all of the pirates today.
But I'm more interested in a solution that work at 99%, now, than a solution that work 100% in the far future, maybe.

Pirates are motivated by greed. So they respond to monetary incentives, costs, risks. Arming the vessels traveling the waters near them simply rise the costs and the risks for them. This, alone, reduce the profitability of the enterprise and deter many of them.
If we raise the costs and reduce the profitability of the enterprise, they could simply switch to other jobs.

You could say they could raise the threat, but their funds are limited and if the become too big, they become easier to target for the military Navies. Pirates, just now, operates from mother-ships, not directly from the coast.

When comparing terrorists with pirates is a bit disingenuous. Terrorists act for, often misguided, selfless reasons.
Anyway, Hafez Assad, President of Syria, when faced with an insurrection of Islamic fundamentalists in the city of Hama, sieged the city with his tanks and killed all. He let Allah sort them out.
He had no other problems for twenty years and counting.

Anyone think about using the big laser Wicked laser sell as a makeshift weapon for self defence.
The beam is enough to blind and burn eyes, flesh, paper, plastic.
Don't know the range, but 1 W laser could be enough.

"it might cause the pirates to become more desperate and violent".

It doesn't matter if they are dead

Anyway, resistance is not futile, because they could think that an honest job could pay better and be less risky.

It appear that law abiding gun owner could not approach the event and the particular corner of street.
I bet he would not shoot so many shots at a meeting at a shooting range.

Saddam didn't tolerate the group from attacking him.
He actively helped them after the first war, as he was weakened and needed them not hostiles to him.
How do you think al-Zarkawi arrived in Iraq? He was there after the invasion of Afghanistan to recover from his injuries.
Overthrowing the KSA government would be stupid then and now:
1) Saddam left in power would be a huge PITA now, more if the KSA was overthrow by the US.
2) Saddam didn't exported oil then, KSA did so. Invading would disrupt the oil flux for long time.
3) Iraq people are, mind you, much more secular than the KSA people. They are much more diverse, so they have a chance to really become democratic and have a working democracy and a rule of law.
4) Just now, when it is needed, the oil production of Iraq is coming on line in large quantities. This will force the KSA to keep the production up and the prices down. Their margin will be less and they will earn less money. Less money for them, less money for the jihadists.
5) A working Iraq is a huge PITA for both KSA and IRI (and probably Syria and Turkey, also).
Iran people resent that their filthy Arab neighbors have a democracy when they are forced under a theocracy. Unable to destroy the democracy next door, Iran and KAS will start to feel the internal pressure from their people.
6) Killing scores of jihadists and criminals in combat help much to build a society will less crime and more peaceful. true in Iraq, in Iran and in KSA.
7) The US is not the only actor to spend huge sums of money in Iraq and Afghanistan. Its enemies do the same, even if they are much poorer. They money they spend there (and the men and the time and the other resources) can not be spent in other places and in other plans.

Must have something to do with a few airplanes flying inside the WTC and the Pentagon.
Not mentioning the attacks in the 1990-2000, the killing of kurds and shiite, the invasion of Kuwait, etc.

Dell'Utri, an italian Senator accused to be linked to the Mafia and ex-collaborator of Silvio Berlusconi before both entered in politics, defined "heroic" not Mangano but what he did.

The episode is this: mangano refused to testimony against Dell'Utri, when the prosecutors of the process against Dell'Utri asked him to tell them something, anything, against Dell'Utri. True or false would not be really important, but if he said something, they would let him out of jail and return to his family home. Mangano was in jail for many years and at the time and he was very ill; pratically he had to choose to die in jail or die at home with his family.

Dell'Utri, when informed of the episode, told that if he was in the place of Mangano he would had a very difficult time to refuse the same offer, so he considered the act "heroic". He always were clear that he don't consider Mangano a hero or an example for other to follow. Only his decision, near the end of his life. Mangano, for a man of the Mafia, had a twisted sense of honor.

Many others Mafia components, after the arrest, have "collaborated" with the prosecutors and testimonied in before the judges. But the quality of their testimonies is very low. For example, the last boss heard in front of the judges (after an year of "collaborations" and "revelations" to the prosecutors) was so embarassing that not even the leftist tried to spin his accuses against Berlusconi and Dell'Utri. Another example is the trial against Andreotti. They accused him of many things. Unfortunately for them, Andreotti (a major politicians in the history of Italy) kept a detailed log of all his movements, appointments, holidays, name it. He destroyed them completely.

If you think all these "collaborators" were found guilty of perjury and sentenced, you are wrong.
If you think all of them losen their advantages, you are wrong.

In Italy, too many prosecutors are from the same law school of mr. Nifong.
They are political activists in the judicial.

The real motive to have more days of schools is to have a reason to hire more teachers.

Here the Italian Ministerial Program for the Lower Middle School (kids 11-13 years old) http://www.aetnanet.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=118#SCIENZE%20MATEMATICHE,%20CHIMICHE,%20FISICHE%20E%20NATURALI Here what they teach at "Liceo Scientifico" If you translate this from Italian with Google, you could find what the teachers are required to teach and the pupils to learn. If you look further, you could find the actual problems given as tests to the pupils at the final exams for graduation: http://www.liceocastiglione.it/esami_di_stato.htm (here the problems for the pupils from the "Liceo Scientifico" of all Italy in 2009 -2008 -2007 (pupils 19 years old) Here the problems for the final graduation exams from Technical Schools (Electronics and Systems) and proposed solutions http://web.tiscali.it/i2viu/esami/svolti.htm The final exams in Italy are called "Esame di MaturitÃ", the problems are the same for all Italy classes, for all schools. They are different only for different specializations. The texts of the exams are delivered in the same day, at the same hour, to all the school of Italy by the Police (depending directly from the Government) just before the exam. And if the student cheat they seriously risk to repeat all the exams the next year. Not exactly bubble-box exams.

This feature is not unique of English. Italian, too, is able to incorporate foreign words with ease. The main problem with English is that how you read a word is not always as it is wroten. Italian, for his complexity, have the advantage to be written exactly as is spoken.