Pirates, again.
Filed under: Hmmm
The pirates are at it again, actually they have never stopped. They have also been doing it for a while now. They have upped the attacks a lot since the American Captain was rescued, successfully. I still have little sympathy for them. It would be like me robbing you and then complaining when you hit me and took your stuff back. Slightly demented on their part, I think.
I have the same general opinion of pirates as others do, at least I think I do. However, what most of us think of pirates are actually privateers; those swashbuckling heroes from the movies. The daring rogue, forced to the fringes of civilization, fighting the good fight against violent oppressors or enemy countries. To be honest, while I will complain about the Somali pirates whining of their treatment I have to admit that it sounded like they were fairly closely related to the romantic image of the Pirate. Supposedly they never harmed their captives before, other than one unexplained accident. The reports have them treating their prisoners well, so I guess in a way they were following the same romantic image, they just didn’t take it to the logical conclusion. When you act against others with force then they will most likely return the favor.
Pirates are interesting in the historical sense but they are not as romantic and daring as they often appear in various literature. Real pirates tend to be rougher and much less likeable then the current image of the ones who have faded into history. The new version of the pirate is most likely the same as the old. We just need to differentiate the pirate from the privateer and the historical pirate from the reality of the pirate, because both often terrorized the innocent.