> 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 history ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:294890 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
