International Talk Like a Pirate Day

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Sundrop

Sunny the Great & Wonderful
Jun 12, 2008
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I have studied pretty extensively the history of pirates on the east coast of the Carolinas.....and personally, find it fascinating.
While I don't want to go out and become a modern day pirate, the stories and actual history are pretty cool to learn and understand.
Anyone can put whatever spin on it they choose.....if you believe it's evil, then for you, it's evil.... For me, it's a part of our history, and we need to understand it.
We're all entitled to our opinions.
Talk like a pirate day is just a way to have a little fun.....nothing more, nothing less.
 

DiO'Bolic

Not completely obtuse
Nov 14, 2013
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Poconos, PA
'n what be wrong wit' bein' a Southern scurvy pirate, may I ask? :eyebrow:
Nothing at all. Just have a hard time understanding ye'll at times, arrrgh. :)

IMO no problem having a little fun with the characterization and romanticism over the golden age of buccaneering. Food for though, During the Revolutionary war, the Continental Congress and some state governments issued privateering licenses, authorizing "legal piracy" in an effort to do battle and take prizes from the British Navy and Loyalist privateers. About 55,000 American seamen served aboard the "privateers" (the politically correct name given to pirates). And pirate Jean Lafitte was used by the US during the War of 1812. So to detest a little innocent flattery of pirating is to detest adulation of the United States?
 

Sundrop

Sunny the Great & Wonderful
Jun 12, 2008
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Nothing at all. Just have a hard time understanding ye'll at times, arrrgh. :)

IMO no problem having a little fun with the characterization and romanticism over the golden age of buccaneering. Food for though, During the Revolutionary war, the Continental Congress and some state governments issued privateering licenses, authorizing "legal piracy" in an effort to do battle and take prizes from the British Navy and Loyalist privateers. About 55,000 American seamen served aboard the "privateers" (the politically correct name given to pirates). And pirate Jean Lafitte was used by the US during the War of 1812. So to detest a little innocent flattery of pirating is to detest adulation of the United States?
I'll switch back to y'all if that helps :biggrin2:

While visiting Charleston, I had an opportunity to read some original writings and records. I actually saw a few of the "permits" for privateering. I think the thing to remember, is that we need to take time to learn the entire story, and not those parts parts that agree with our own personal views. This holds true for everything, and not just pirates.