personaly, i think there arn't only stupid traders, but also stupid pirates. Like mentioned above, some pirates just says "stop" and then "give me 2 mill or die", and if they ask me that question, i always ask them "how can i give you 2 mill if my ship (i fly an armoured transport) isn't worth more than 1 mill?"
now some pirates tax me for my size, and hell i am happy to pay them, but most pirates just blow me into spacedust for making that remark.
And about those traders, i hope they get stopped by pirates alot, cause they don't deserve better.