The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 8 months agoA shadow of his former selflemmy.worldimagemessage-square177fedilinkarrow-up11.17Karrow-down129
arrow-up11.14Karrow-down1imageA shadow of his former selflemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 8 months agomessage-square177fedilink
minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·8 months agoHe wasn’t a pirate at all, he was a privateer.
minus-squarebionicjoeylinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoLiterally the same thing during the golden age of piracy.
minus-squareFozzyOsbourne@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoPrivateers are just pirates with a licence from the king!
minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoSoldiers are just murderers with a licence from the king! It’s a big difference.
minus-squareFozzyOsbourne@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI don’t think soldiers are generally told they can keep all the loot from every foreigner they kill
He wasn’t a pirate at all, he was a privateer.
Literally the same thing during the golden age of piracy.
Privateers are just pirates with a licence from the king!
Soldiers are just murderers with a licence from the king!
It’s a big difference.
I don’t think soldiers are generally told they can keep all the loot from every foreigner they kill