>>> You need to read it again, mate.

(Gar... Googling.... mm-hmm...)

Ragnar did sink ships carrying d'Anconia copper, while aid ships were "seized"; Ragnar later gives Reardon a bar of gold as compensation for the taxes stolen from him.

Turning back to the case at hand, what differentiates Souter's theft-financed real-estate from the properties Ragnar appropriated and dispensed with (variously) in "Atlas Shrugged"?

Assuming that at some point on the present sleigh-ride to Hell, tea is tossed into the harbor again, which ship carrying whose tea is the appropriate one to pick, and at what time?

Regarding the mechanics of the situation: If your tormentor leaves one of his weapons unattended -- by all means pick up the goddamn thing up and use it on him.