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Article #241334Re: [OT] Captain Kidd
From: Pixel "#~
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:49
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:49
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On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:53:48 GMT, "MacSporran" <allanmckay@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Captain William Kidd (1645-1701), was a mighty Scottish pirate. In >their wisdom, our government is trying to "downgrade" him to a >privateer/buccaneer. This is a disgrace. He lived and died as a great >pirate. > > While having a look in Wiki at his life, I was very disappointed to >find only 6 famous Scottish pirates, while 66 are listed for England, and 23 >for the Dutch. It looks like the earliest modern-day pirates, i.e. from 800 >a.d. onwards, hale from Kasperland. > > BTW! 13 days to go! I like it how those statistics seem to correlate with the aglami regulars nationalities. -- Pixel, magic kitten www.whitefall.nl/johannes
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