Thursday, April 16, 2009
You are being lied to about pirates - San Francisco Bay View
There are two sides to every story, and we often decide which to believe based on personal beliefs and whatever information the media presents to us.
That media usually gives us a "group think" product that is probably more expedient than "in-depth".
The paragraph I quoted is what caught my eye; however, the link is to a quite different side of the "pirates" story...
That media usually gives us a "group think" product that is probably more expedient than "in-depth".
The paragraph I quoted is what caught my eye; however, the link is to a quite different side of the "pirates" story...
At SFBayView.com, Johann Hari has this quote and much more:
"The story of the 2009 war on piracy was best summarized by another pirate, who lived and died in the fourth century BC. He was captured and brought to Alexander the Great, who demanded to know 'what he meant by keeping possession of the sea.' The pirate smiled and responded: 'What you mean by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, while you, who do it with a great fleet, are called emperor.'"
