Alright.
Now, I know that this isn't something that I should glamorize.
They don't necessarily deserve to be applauded for their crimes.
Unlike, say, the Mafia.
But for some reason I find it refreshing that pirates still exist.
And they're still boarding ships and pillaging swag.
Sure, they use machine pistols these days, and they probably all have their limbs.
Instead of wooden appendages.
But, for the most part, and you'll have to agree, pirates are keeping it real.
If that expression even means anything.
How long has it been since mercantile shipping?
Trade routes, and sloops, and spices that cost a fortune and all of that?
Five centuries? More?
And yet, pirates have kept up with the times.
That says a lot about a criminal entity, I think.
It's not like bootleggers kept going after prohibition.
"Oh, people can buy booze again? Well, we had a good run."
Why didn't one bootlegger pipe up and say, "What if we bought beer for minors?"
That kinda thing.
But pirates. They sat around with their various parrots, and they discussed.
Pirate 1: Well, we're in a bit of a slump. Swashbuckling is down considerably.
Pirate 2: This is cause of that friggin' Internet! Everyone's trading with that now.
Pirate 3: And airplanes! They're using airplanes.
Pirate 1: Well, people still take cruises.
That's business sense.
That's integrity.
1 comment:
Bootlegging hasn't stopped. The bootleggers just decided to move movies and music.
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