tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post5269714971164405709..comments2023-04-29T04:48:18.973-07:00Comments on Theodosia and the Pirates: Talk Like a Pirate DayAya Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-75637616151480619132015-09-21T05:52:50.322-07:002015-09-21T05:52:50.322-07:00That is a good point. Mutineers are never referred...That is a good point. Mutineers are never referred to today as pirates, and perhaps they should be.Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-36341810296908055262015-09-20T18:03:42.360-07:002015-09-20T18:03:42.360-07:00I see what you mean by privateers being typecaste ...I see what you mean by privateers being typecaste as pirates. Even real pirates are not like pirates of the Caribbean. For instance, when Fletcher Christian decided to mutiny against William Blight, that was considered a true act of piracy. Even that story has been romanticized, but the fate of Fletcher Christian and the mutineers was anything but that.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147781152448695481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-76724858326668205782015-09-20T05:12:05.457-07:002015-09-20T05:12:05.457-07:00I think that while nobody considers a Disney movie...I think that while nobody considers a Disney movie about pirates to be real history, that the way they have stereotyped pirates and the way they suggest that "privateer" is just a fancy word for pirate is meant for us all to accept the inroads that the Neutrality Act has made into the American way of raising an army and a navy. People today scoff at the idea that any of that could be privately owned.Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-41304912596584804862015-09-19T22:25:13.958-07:002015-09-19T22:25:13.958-07:00I noticed stereotypical pirates became really popu...I noticed stereotypical pirates became really popular with the Pirate of the Caribbean movies in the early 2000's. I thought the first movie was entertaining, but never would have considered this real history. The other movies were just not that interesting to me. Unforunately, a lot of young people today watch Pirates of the Caribbean, and probably think that is real history. The obsession with pirates was quite large a few years ago. I even heard a lot of people saying they wanting to change their last name to pirate sounding ones, or like the name Jack Sparrow of Pirates of The Caribbean. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147781152448695481noreply@blogger.com