Comment on Father of Gaza flotilla activist says UK ignored call for help after son seized by Israel
Naich@piefed.world 1 week ago
The UK has a proud tradition of cooperating with pirates.
Comment on Father of Gaza flotilla activist says UK ignored call for help after son seized by Israel
Naich@piefed.world 1 week ago
The UK has a proud tradition of cooperating with pirates.
Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 1 week ago
Love pirates and history!
Tell me more!
Naich@piefed.world 1 week ago
https://elizabethanenglandlife.com/sir-walter-raleigh1-famous-pirate.html
For one.
Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 1 week 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.
DakRalter@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
Also
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privateer
Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 1 week 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.
DakRalter@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
I dunno, it doesn’t really matter. I see them as pirates with a mandate.