Traditional Pirate or Modern Pirate?

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Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

Modern piracy (Particularly the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, South China Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, etc.) is mind-bogglingly viscous.

Romanticizing piracy of the 1600s is one thing; real life pirates today though, have no redeeming qualities.

pirates of the old days where mind-bogglinlgy viscous, more viscous than the weine "pirates" now.

Pirates of today probably look nothing like pirates of old with a modern touch. Those bone head pirates who where attacking cruise liners a year ago where most likely some poor guys in t-shirts and shorts with an ak-47 who ran away at the first sighn of the navy.

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by 7seconds

pirates of the old days where mind-bogglinlgy viscous, more viscous than the weine "pirates" now.

Pirates of today probably look nothing like pirates of old with a modern touch. Those bone head pirates who where attacking cruise liners a year ago where most likely some poor guys in t-shirts and shorts with an ak-47 who ran away at the first sighn of the navy.

Looking at historic pirates, indeed the most viscous of them, survived only by running at the first sight of the navy.

Having met a first-hand survivor or pirates in the Philippine Sea (in our modern era,) it is clear to me that modern pirates use much more advanced torture methods, leaving much fewer survivors (and then, only on accident.) While only large ship captures are deemed news-worthy here, smaller scale piracy (which then and now, was the more viscous form,) is a daily occurrence, in most parts of the world.