Theoreticallly, one could say that Before there was a Washington, Jefferson, of the like, John Rackham, Edward Teach, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Stede Bonnet were the very very early Patriots. Why?..thou the flag is usually associated with debachery, carnality, lust for riches and the like, the underlying aspect is often unnoticed..All shared a desire to fight the Empirical societies in which they lived. To rise from lower class to upper. to take control of their lives and make of it what they would..Independent of the man..True there were Very Very horrible and terrible actions on their parts, but out of desperation comes desperate action. Sociologically or Anthropologically, the impettipos of their actions brought second thought towards the minds of men and women that were subject to the Kings whims, taxes, social standings, and laws. Therefore, these very ugly and audacious actions MAY have not have seemed to be so far off when thoughts of an Independent United States began to take hold..i.e. the Declaration of Independence, which was, in a way, an act of Piracy against the King of England...which was followed by the French, Spanish, and Russian Revolutions also...it is something of thought i have put into it...whether these Scowndrals were aware of any lofty concepts is unknown..and the actions may have totally been worse than the ideal...however, one cannot say that the Ideal had not eventually won the day. At least maybe in a much softer application of the same and under true government of the majority rather than a few...but nonetheless, they were, shall we say, Revolutionary as horrible thorns in the Kings side, and his colonies that they raided!!! I guess they just could not resist the temptation of the Kings wealth when they were granted Pardons by governors of their Colonial States. Such is the sad tale of them i suppose. they were too far ahead of their time. Maybe they said Well its about time! when the American Revolution was finally underway!
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 12:46:31 +0000
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