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27 comments to "Pirate Lore: 7 Myths and Trrrrruths About Pirates!"
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Chris
October 22nd, 2007 at
1:42 pm
Half Bottom? LMAO!
Not worth a good ninja.
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Andewdoane
October 22nd, 2007 at
2:16 pm
I’m not satisfied with those answers. Just because walking the plank or boarding a ship by force didn’t happen all of the time doesn’t mean it didn’t happen some of the time. Even if something only happened a few, memorable times, it’s not a myth.
That’s like saying “most websites don’t post articles about pirates. Thus, if someone told you that you saw an article about pirates on Neatorama, they were lying.”
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phyreblade
October 22nd, 2007 at
2:52 pm
And this is why Ninjas pwn pirates. They don’t need any of these silly rules and regulations. They would rather die than run away or fail a mission, they don’t need to be coerced or threatened into doing their job, and they can do whatever they need to get the job done. Pure Pwnage.
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L.B. Jeffries
October 22nd, 2007 at
5:49 pm
They left out the part of when a pirate ship raided someone there was a decent chance they would rape anyone on-board. That includes men. In fact, it mainly focused on the men.
Now that I think about it, they didn’t mention the Spartan habit of gang raping captured armies in ‘300′ either.
Good times!
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Malik Al-Bahr :P
October 23rd, 2007 at
8:20 am
–8<–
Ali Raja, the Arabic words for “King of the Sea.”
–8<–*Bzzt*!
As an Arab I can tell you that “Raja” is not an arabic word (if I’m not mistaken it’s Hindi), and “Ali” is just a name (literally means high).
If you want the Arabic words for “King of the Sea.” it is “Malik Al-Bahr” (Malik:King, Al:The, Bahr: Sea).
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Paula
October 23rd, 2007 at
2:25 pm
YEAH!! i really liked this one!! uhu!
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Monster
October 23rd, 2007 at
3:58 pm
Thank you for bringing to my attention the painting above, “The Capture of the Pirate Blackbeard”. It’s incredible and I can’t wait to own a print of it!
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Jiminy Rickets
October 23rd, 2007 at
8:24 pm
Pirates are awesome. At PiratesWanted.com, they buried a real treasure chest worth $250,000 and they’re giving it away.
A pretty cool idea!
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BLONDEBEARD
October 23rd, 2007 at
9:31 pm
“bathroom reader” LOL
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Mark
October 23rd, 2007 at
10:46 pm
“Now that I think about it, they didn’t mention the Spartan habit of gang raping captured armies in ‘300? either.”
Too bad they didn’t mention the fact that most Spartans were Bi, and would have sex with their fellow soldiers in order to create a stronger bond between each other.
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Sebek
October 23rd, 2007 at
11:24 pm
the term jolly roger likely stems from the fact that pirates enjoyed taking part in rape, and a “roger” in old english was sometimes meant as “fucker” so “jolly roger” was a “happy fucker”
hence the name Roger the Shrubber, in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Chris
October 23rd, 2007 at
11:37 pm
@Mark:
300 was based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller wich is totaly fiction..
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Jason
October 24th, 2007 at
1:19 am
This is a lame article.
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Santos
October 25th, 2007 at
11:50 am
Raja is an indian word for king, not arabic.
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daathian
October 30th, 2007 at
2:17 pm
Interesting article but it mainly focuses on the British pirates. I’m guessing there were a lot of Spanish, French, Portuguese and other pirates that did things a lot differently, and thats only in Europe. There are probably a lot more pirates around the world that used different methods and seeing as they didn’t leave many records its hard to tell whether the myths are true or not.
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Best homes
November 7th, 2007 at
2:52 am
I think that image of pirate we have now is far from real one. Writers just made it romantic and this image is unlikely to change in our minds.
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Cate
November 18th, 2007 at
6:35 am
Actually, 300 was a fictionalization of a real story. Frank Miller took an actual historical event and added some stuff to it, and then they made a movie from that.
So, yes, yes it did happen. The movie, and graphic novels, weren’t entirely accurate, but there really was a battle between the Persian army and 300 Spartans led by King Leonidus. -
Jolly Bloger
November 24th, 2007 at
1:44 am
Ah, I always love to see pirate blogging. Check out the Jolly Bloger every Wednesday for pirate news and classic (true!) pirate histories.
http://www.jollybloger.blogspot.com -
Lindsay
November 24th, 2007 at
7:56 am
“If at any time you meet with a prudent Woman, that Man that offers to meddle with her, without her Consent, shall suffer Death.”
Wait… I thought… “meddling” with women was what pirates did best?
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Sigg3
November 26th, 2007 at
6:10 am
Interesting that the article fails to mention that most pirates practiced homosexuality by rank, and that women were not allowed on board whatsoever.
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drummerforpeace
December 1st, 2007 at
3:27 am
pastafarianism heaven has weed forests right?
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Tyler K
December 2nd, 2007 at
6:49 pm
I think Half Bottom L his AO a little too much there,
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Seriously
December 7th, 2007 at
4:37 pm
quote[the term jolly roger likely stems from the fact that pirates enjoyed taking part in rape, and a “roger” in old english was sometimes meant as “fucker” so “jolly roger” was a “happy fucker”]quote
Don’t make stuff up. “Jolly Roger” comes from the French “joli rouge” (meaning “pretty red”), a reference to the red flags. It could also just be a reference to the grinning skull, or, as the article says, a corruption of the name of the pirate Ali Raja.
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ivan
December 13th, 2007 at
10:59 pm
a good, but tiny start to demystifying pirates. They were paid mercenaries for the English and possibly others. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were an unofficial part of the Royal Navy, much like paramilitaries in Colombia. They would steal gold and silver from the Spanish, who killed and enslaved natives to get it. There were safe ports in the English colonies, so the pirates could hide when the Spanish came after them. I don’t see any romance to pirates. Returning to the comparison of the paramilitaries, I wouldn’t think of bunch of mercenaries that go around doing the dirty work for their master something to romanticize.
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Ajan
May 16th, 2008 at
7:55 am
@ Ivan
So, we can also assume that Bin Laden is a puppet of Bush who would help him to get some cookin oil in Iraq?? -
mung
July 20th, 2008 at
8:24 pm
RE: seriously
You’re right mate. Early pirate flags were a white flag dyed red which signified that surrender was expected or blood would be shed. The French dubbed this “Le Joli Rouge” or “the pretty red” as you said. The name caught on and when the skull and crossbones came into use he became the Jolly Roger.
As for the vicious reputation that pirates were given, well, most merchant ships upon seeing pirates surrendered immediately without the slightest struggle. Upon returning home they made up tall tales of the alledged atrocities they faced in order to avoid being called cowards, kind of like a guy telling his friends he got beat up buy six guys instead of one. This suited pirates just fine since it facillitated the process of plundering.
Pirates were given a bad rap. They were simply free spirits that were sick of the system. Sick of watching the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. They were the forerunners of democracy. Read up on them and speak out in their defence. Give them the honor that they deserve. Edward “Blackbeard” Teach’s only wish wasn’t to be rich, but to be remembered. -
mung
July 20th, 2008 at
8:39 pm
RE: ivan
Ye be dead wrong me bucko. You’re thinking of privateers which were scum in service to various monarchies and used as a patsy. Pirates answered to none but themselves and their crewmates. The Cap’n was even elected by popular vote and could be voted out at any time if considered incompetent. And I’m not referring to mutiny which is what happened on mercahnt and navy ships when underpaid and overworked sailors got fed up and decided to give the heirachy what they deserve. Do your homework and quit spreading lies ye scurvy dog.
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