Ching Shih, the greatest pirate who ever lived, died in her bed of old age. She not only wangled a pardon for herself but managed to get nearly all of the thousands of men working for her pardoned as well.
That grossly misconstrues the message of the film, which doesn't fit the real-life persona of the actors. Wayne's character secretly shot Liberty Valance from ambush to save Jimmy Stewart's noble but too idealistic lawman, in the process betraying his own code, committing symbolic suicide, and ending one age to begin another. The noble story of the victory of truth and justice was a fraud,
I personally do not.There are historical figures that I admire and aspire to learn from, but learning from them means accepting their faults and being real about their bad sides in order to avoid perpetuating those faults.
Yes, thanks for the name. I'm familiar with a number of folk songs, but besides not remembering the names that accurately, I am not really aware which were actual people and which are constructs. So I didn't mention names. Thanks for doing so.
With respect, letters of marque were a way for a government to legitimize piratical attacks on the merchant shipping of enemy nations. The English were quite open about this.
I think Stede Bonnet said it was a short but merry life.
Pirates got to drink rum all day, bang prostitutes in ports, have a lot of money, and lay around the Caribbean. It's definitely a lifestyle I could get used to. The only modern day equivalent that we have are drug kingpins.
The pirates of TODAY aren't seen as romantic figures - quite the opposite, esp around the Horn of Africa. Why would anyone think that pirates of yesteryear were all Jack Sparrow?
Ching Shih, the greatest pirate who ever lived, died in her bed of old age. She not only wangled a pardon for herself but managed to get nearly all of the thousands of men working for her pardoned as well.
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Ratified treaties are more than "official documents." They're "the supreme law of the land," to use the exact wording.
That grossly misconstrues the message of the film, which doesn't fit the real-life persona of the actors. Wayne's character secretly shot Liberty Valance from ambush to save Jimmy Stewart's noble but too idealistic lawman, in the process betraying his own code, committing symbolic suicide, and ending one age to begin another. The noble story of the victory of truth and justice was a fraud,
I personally do not.There are historical figures that I admire and aspire to learn from, but learning from them means accepting their faults and being real about their bad sides in order to avoid perpetuating those faults.
My paternal family was from Dorset, a long time ago, 1635. They were not, however, pirates, just farmers and carpenters.
When I was 14 in 1960 I got to see Stalin and Lenin in their mausoleum in Red Square. More strange than creepy.
Yes, thanks for the name. I'm familiar with a number of folk songs, but besides not remembering the names that accurately, I am not really aware which were actual people and which are constructs. So I didn't mention names. Thanks for doing so.
How cool is that? I have an old flip clock that American Greetings put out back when R. Crumb was a staff artist but that's about it.
With respect, letters of marque were a way for a government to legitimize piratical attacks on the merchant shipping of enemy nations. The English were quite open about this.
Welp, they are out, after all.
Rank revisionism, to be sure
Aye, I've seen that meme, lol. The spawn haven't seen the show.
I think Stede Bonnet said it was a short but merry life.
Pirates got to drink rum all day, bang prostitutes in ports, have a lot of money, and lay around the Caribbean. It's definitely a lifestyle I could get used to. The only modern day equivalent that we have are drug kingpins.
The pirates of TODAY aren't seen as romantic figures - quite the opposite, esp around the Horn of Africa. Why would anyone think that pirates of yesteryear were all Jack Sparrow?
Arrrr!
Experts always have a hidden agenda whose endgame is to take our freedoms away from us.