So, obviously again you have all the answers. so educate us. What should we have done with that captain and those 4 pirates?
Get specific, here. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> CamChi wrote: >> Yes, but he gave to the poor. Do you really have in your head a >> picture of these pirates riding on horseback through villages throwing >> bags of gold coins for all the peasants to enjoy? >> >> I mean, I really have no idea what they do with it, but I think it's >> more likely that they go back to their armed compound with it and keep >> it. >> > > I'm the messenger. I'm just telling you what you're clearly not > considering: that pirates can be viewed as folk heroes. > > Do you know what Robin Hood did with the money? Maybe he just kept it > in his compound too, but you sure as hell know who Robin Hood is. > > What I'm trying to point out to you is that the assumption that this > *won't* become ideological and it's a black-and-white issue is, in my > opinion, ignorant of history. > > We're probably one more killing away from being the evil step-mother > while they are the well meaning and benevolent heroes of the down > trodden. > > Because dude: do you really think there's lots of sympathy in that > part of the World for the USA? And do you really think that > extremists won't use any and every marketing opportunity in the book > against us? > > This is a tread-lightly scenario if I've ever seen one and anybody > that thinks different skipped his ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294891 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
