How did it come to pass, I wonder, that English-speaking people apologize and/or request pardon for cussing by calling it French. Surely a Frenchman doesn’t preface or conclude ‘FOR FUCK’S SAKE’ with ‘pardon my English.’
FOR FUCK’S SAKE. WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS IS ALARMINGLY ON THE RISE?
MY GUESS WOULD BE BECAUSE IMPOVERISHED AND DISENFRANCHISED PEOPLE SEE THE WORLD’S TOP BANANAS BEHAVING LIKE ASSHOLES AND CRIMINALS. THE PRECEDENT HAS BEEN SET THAT CRIME PAYS. WE WILL PUT SOME CORRUPT OFFICIALS AND ROBBER BARONS IN PRISON, AND SEIZE THEIR ILL-GOTTEN GAINS, OR PEOPLE THE WORLD OVER WILL INCREASINGLY SAY…
WHY SHOULDN’T I STEAL WHATEVER I NEED? BIG SHOTS STEAL WHATEVER THEY WANT, SUPPORTED BY GOVERNMENT…AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS STEAL WHATEVER THEY WANT, SUPPORTED BY BIG SHOTS.
Top down, top down.
What is Piracy but theatrical theft, eh? Force of arms or force of law…doesn’t much matter to the person getting ripped off HOW they get ripped off. Do Gooders and Big Business may say the difference is that pirates kill people. Corporate and government pirates kill spirits. A body without a spirit is what? Canon fodder?
Piracy on the high seas is the working man’s version of piracy in the corner office.
Oh, now that the frequency and ransom demand sums are up, Big Bad Business Executives are gonna get tough on pirates? They’re concerned about the costs of piracy being passed on to us, are they?
I advise Big Bad Business Executives that I feel the exact same way about them.