Rated “Argh!”
What do you think of when you hear the word “pirates”? I used to immediately conjur up images of Black Beard, sword fights and buried treasure.
Well, my definition is beginning to shift. Lately the news has been covering a number of pirate hijackings off the coast of Somalia. I knew there were pirates out there, but I never realized exactly how they operated or how effective they could be.
It seems the pirate problem is at an all-time high; though, I do not think it’ll last long. If they keep up the current level of attacks and hijackings, the international community will step in and put a swift end to the problem.
But until that happens, seafaring folk should lay aside the swashbuckling adventure of Jim and Long John Silver and grab an M16.
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Blackbeard began his piratical career in New Providence in the Bahamas, where Nassau now stands.
I was just in Nassau this summer for my honeymoon! I wish I had known this fact earlier.