Having had one pleasant encounter with young miss Pita, I feel the need to add to what Widow said.
Pita's light fighter pirated my Bison the other day, sitting motionless in front of my ten type 2 turrets. It would take all of 2 seconds for me to obliterate that little nuisance, even less if I chainfired. But the way the encounter took place changed my perspective, since INRP, my character could not harm a pre teen pirate unless my characters life depended on it. At no point did Pita make death threats to my character, and in the end a hint of requiring assistance guilted my character into making a donation.
So as has been said, just because you CAN pop a target, Doesent nessasarilly mean you should. It all depends on the circumstances of the encounter.
