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RE: The Tales of Pirates - “Gentleman Pirate” Stede Bonnet
How is it an oxymoron? Justice and law are rarely the same thing. For example at the time enslaving African people was legal at the time, but I wouldn't call it right. On the other hand pirates were pretty democratic among themselves and didn't care about ones background or race as long as they were capable ;)
hehehehe well i guess i wouldn't call what they do as just. but I guess if they followed their own set of codes... then... it's THEIR own justice LOL
I wasn't really thinking of law... i was thinking more of what justice really implies. fairness, peace... that sort of thing.
i dont' think of that when i think of pirates! LOL i think of chaos, disorder, stealing, rampaging, etc. pirate CODE? yeah... i can see a set of codes that they all agreed upon. but pirate JUSTICE.... hmmmm you'll have to do some more convincing for me to see that one hahahahaha
and i agree... i wouldn't call slavery "justice" either. LOL
We all associate the chaos with pirates. That is mostly a consequence of pop culture. You need a great amount of discipline, certain set of rules and hierarchy to operate a ship and manage the crew of 50-200 people. ;)
agree!!! I had friends that were sailors. They were part of the crew of the HMS Bounty for years -Sadly, this is the tall ship that sank in 2012 during Hurricane Sandy :(
They lived on that boat for many years - loved the life! We got a tour of the tall ship... pretty amazing!
I was so sad when that tragedy struck. Thankfully my friends were part of the crew that escaped with their lives! One crew member and the captain did not survive :(