Comment on Father of Gaza flotilla activist says UK ignored call for help after son seized by Israel

Naich@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Semjeza@fedinsfw.app ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Love pirates and history!

  Tell me more!

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  • Naich@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    https://elizabethanenglandlife.com/sir-walter-raleigh1-famous-pirate.html

    For one.

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    • Semjeza@fedinsfw.app ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But he wasn’t a pirate?

      At most a privateer, but has none of the pirate stuff. A more nationally aligned mercenary. The page seems pretty poor and sensationalist if I’m honest. =(

      I was hoping for more free from all law, not just that of their geopolitical rivals pirates, rather than privateers who aren’t much different from an informal navy.

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  • DakRalter@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privateer

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    • Semjeza@fedinsfw.app ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Eh, I don’t count privateers as pirates.

      That’s just a form of international economic warfare, and has homage to a nation/crown rather than full on piracy.

      Maybe I’m too romantic about it all.

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      • DakRalter@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I dunno, it doesn’t really matter. I see them as pirates with a mandate.

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