Pirates normaly flew a friendly flag untill they got close, then would fly a black or red... One of the only remaining authentic pirate flags is on display at poirate soul in st. Augistine fl... -----Original Message----- Date: Monday, September 20, 2010 9:46:17 am To: "nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com" <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> From: "Kyle Munz" <kyle...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] I DON'T GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same reason the pirates did it. Flying the skull and cross bones was a shock tactic to make the crew of the other vessel have fight their own nerves as well. That said the skull and cross bones was a relatively rare flag to fly, despite what Hollywood would portray. A solid red (blood) flag was more common. Penants of a country friendly to the colors flown by the victim's vessel were a common deception as well. I guess one of the founding Hell's Angels must have been a history buff P-) On Monday, September 20, 2010, surfswab <surfs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Death. Danger. The grim reaper. > > All that stuff, along with swastikas, Nazi helmets, the Maltese Cross, > etc. came out of the 50s when various subcultures began rebelling > against the Leave-It-To-Beaver status quo. Beatniks were part of > that, later hippies and anti-war protesters. > > The motorcycle paraphenalia was dreamed up by the Hell's Angels types > to shock, intimidate and generally scare the beejesus out of ordinary > citizens, mainly because it was considered a cool, hip thing to do. > > Most of the imagery involved vague references to evil events or ideas, > but it became essentially mindless imitation by those whose wished to > be identified with the "bad boys." > > It still exists, especially with the Harley crowd, because Harleys > were an integral part of the imagery back then. Nowadays, it's > equally mindless, but favored by those who are more interested in > "stylin'" than in motorcyclin'. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- -Kyle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
