[Ansteorra] RE: Pirates in Period
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Fri Sep 9 09:21:31 PDT 2005
On Sep 9, 2005, at 9:45 AM, Jay Rudin wrote:
> Eadric wrote:
>> I think the difference, and the reason some people have problems
>> with "pirates", and no problem with Sir Francis Drake, is that
>> Sir Francis Drake didn't go around proclaiming himself as a "pirate".
>>
>
> Exactly. Piracy is (and has always been) a *crime*, defined in
> Black's Law
> Dictionary as "Those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high
> seas
> which, if committed on land, would have aamounted to felony.".
> Calling
> oneself a pirate is like calling oneself a murderer, arson or thief.
>
> Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
"and has always been a crime". Part of what I was trying to point out
is that what is and isn't considered piracy differs by the person's
point of view.
When was Black's Law Dictionary written? If not pre-1600, do we have
anything that indicates a universal view of piracy as a crime? Or
only when perpetuated against the culture of the writer/speaker?
Stefan
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