Thread: What would Blackbeard do?

Originally Posted by kmart

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

Originally Posted by alwarner

^ I think he was referring to the definition of pirate.

In any case, Nemo [and most of the other catatonics might] completely missed the twisted euphemism....

Missing. More common than the exception here.

Ah, a world-weary allusion to the rapacious nature of international capitalism or somesuch.. That was soooo profound.

Exactly... he's trying to compare piracy to colonialism, but as with his comparison of immigrants with expats, it's the usual specious, logically fallacious, pseudo-intellectual ball hooks.

Originally Posted by CaptainNemo

it's the usual specious, logically fallacious, pseudo-intellectual ball hooks.__________________

sounds fair enough, but you forgot to add the word "crap"