Ironically, as England
matured the tolerance for the gentlemen of fortune who helped stimulate the British economy declined. Gone were the days when Francis Drake could steal and plunder his way around the world, pay off the entire national debt, and be knighted by the Queen on
the deck of his ship.
Unfortunately, today it is still possible, with a discrete
choice of locations, to
embody that classic line from
Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance
"It is a glorious thing to be a
Pirate King."
matured the tolerance for the gentlemen of fortune who helped stimulate the British economy declined. Gone were the days when Francis Drake could steal and plunder his way around the world, pay off the entire national debt, and be knighted by the Queen on
the deck of his ship.
Unfortunately, today it is still possible, with a discrete
choice of locations, to
embody that classic line from
Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance
"It is a glorious thing to be a
Pirate King."
One hardly need to churn through millions of computations on a
quad-core processor to determine that there are certain target-rich
locations like the Straits of Malacca, the Mandab Straits and the
Straits of Hormuz where a Pirate King might do very well. As far as we know, tsunamis just happen when and where they happen. Pirates choose the time and place.
quad-core processor to determine that there are certain target-rich
locations like the Straits of Malacca, the Mandab Straits and the
Straits of Hormuz where a Pirate King might do very well. As far as we know, tsunamis just happen when and where they happen. Pirates choose the time and place.