[Ansteorra] the Attack of the "Authenticity Police"

[Jay Yeates]

 * ... "Pirates" are perhaps the most misunderstood and misrepresnted
archtype, and not just in the SCA -- thank you, Hollywood.  Just remember,
one man's Rebel, or Pirate, is another man's Freedom Fighter, or Hero.


...
on the subject of pirates and their culture .... may i recommend:

_Pirate Utopias_, by Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka: "Hakim Bey")

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1570271585/ref=pd_sxp_f/102-63
63491-8348169?v=glance&s=books

'wolf
... running under the "biker" flag this incarnation (same diff)