Americans seem to have a love affair with idea of a pirate. We romanticize them like we do the cowboys, creating a picture of a world that never existed. They have come to represent a sense of freedom we seem to have lost in our constricted civilized world. This got me thinking what place does the pirate have in our modern world. When I started to look around I noticed many of our most famed or infamous have much in common with the beloved pirate.
Pirate defined
What we get is a picture of a person that holds no loyalty to any nation. A pirate is beyond such considerations, not out of a sense of duty to something bigger then a nation. The pirate is out for the pirate. Many of our top level corporate officers, bankers, and the like are modern pirates. They profit from off shore, paying no heed to national loyalties.
So when I was watching the popular modern pirate epics Pirates of the Caribbean. I started noticing there seemed to be an odd theme to the first movie.
I then watched the 3rd, looking to see if this one also had an odd overall teaching.
Not surprisingly it was easily found. By the time I watched the middle film I was sure it would be easy to spot. Surprisingly it completely escaped me, this may have been due to being distracted. Taken in whole these are basic guidelines for how to live a pirates life.
Curse of the Black Pearl: "what a man can do, and what a man can't do" that is a very profound lesson for a would be pirate. Laws do not apply to a pirate, so there is only what you are able and willing to do, and what you are unable, or unwilling to do.
Dead Man's Chest: there is no quote from this movie that I found that aptly spells out the lesson. Instead the lesson is shown by every character in their actions. That message being every man for himself, or self interest governs all.
This is clearly shown as every character lies, cheats, and steals for their own perceived well being.
At Worlds End: "take what you can, give nothing back" This is pretty self explanatory, and quite evident.
So there it is, if you want to know how to become pirate, live by those guidelines.
Oh and for a bit of fun, look at how our international corporations have been acting.
Jack
aka
PanseyBard
Pirate defined
What we get is a picture of a person that holds no loyalty to any nation. A pirate is beyond such considerations, not out of a sense of duty to something bigger then a nation. The pirate is out for the pirate. Many of our top level corporate officers, bankers, and the like are modern pirates. They profit from off shore, paying no heed to national loyalties.
So when I was watching the popular modern pirate epics Pirates of the Caribbean. I started noticing there seemed to be an odd theme to the first movie.
I then watched the 3rd, looking to see if this one also had an odd overall teaching.
Not surprisingly it was easily found. By the time I watched the middle film I was sure it would be easy to spot. Surprisingly it completely escaped me, this may have been due to being distracted. Taken in whole these are basic guidelines for how to live a pirates life.
Curse of the Black Pearl: "what a man can do, and what a man can't do" that is a very profound lesson for a would be pirate. Laws do not apply to a pirate, so there is only what you are able and willing to do, and what you are unable, or unwilling to do.
Dead Man's Chest: there is no quote from this movie that I found that aptly spells out the lesson. Instead the lesson is shown by every character in their actions. That message being every man for himself, or self interest governs all.
This is clearly shown as every character lies, cheats, and steals for their own perceived well being.
At Worlds End: "take what you can, give nothing back" This is pretty self explanatory, and quite evident.
So there it is, if you want to know how to become pirate, live by those guidelines.
Oh and for a bit of fun, look at how our international corporations have been acting.
Jack
aka
PanseyBard
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