Directed-energy weapons

What's funnier than groups of poor-ass Somalians so consistently jacking millions and millions of dollars from oil companies and cruise ships? The heritage foundation deciding that the most reasonable way to fight piracy is with lasers. Also, on the same topic kind of, I heard a story in Seoul this weekend about a guy in Bolivia trying to withdraw money out of an ATM, but he goes to count his cash, and all the machine had given him was a hand drawn picture of a pirate.