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re: Why are Vikings and pirates so romanticized
Posted on 1/6/17 at 8:29 pm to athenslife101
Posted on 1/6/17 at 8:29 pm to athenslife101
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I mean, if you want to get technical, Vikings were seafarers so those who stayed in Scandinavia were not Vikings.
Correct. They became Normans, Apulians, Vandals, Scotsmen, Muscovites, Novgorodians, etc.,
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But they also murdered priests and raped nuns.
As was the norm for every other European society. Where are the cries of villainy for the Franks who did the same to native Germanic and Baltic peoples?
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Posted on 1/6/17 at 8:30 pm to Sasquatch Smash
Dang, you kind of beat me to it.
Posted on 1/6/17 at 8:32 pm to athenslife101
You don't know shite about pirates
Posted on 1/6/17 at 8:41 pm to athenslife101
Do you even Jean Lafitte?
Posted on 1/6/17 at 8:46 pm to athenslife101
Why are cowboys and tCowboys so romanticized?
Posted on 1/6/17 at 8:46 pm to athenslife101
To get back to the original question - I think small groups or bands of adventurers have been romanticized in most cultures. Except, of course by the people who were the subject of their raids. Settled people in Europe pretty much feared and hated the Vikings. Same with people affected by the Pirates. Heck, didn't we have kinda a war against the Barbary pirates?
Posted on 1/6/17 at 8:46 pm to athenslife101
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[Produced by Rick Rubin and Beastie Boys] Because mutiny on the Bounty's what we're all about I'm gonna board your ship and turn it on out No soft sucker with a parrot on his shoulder Cause I'm bad gettin' bolder - cold getting colder Terrorizing suckers on the seven seas And if you've got beef - you'll get capped in the knees We got sixteen men on a dead man's chest And I shot those suckers and I'll shoot the rest Most illingest b-boy - I got that feeling Cause I am most ill and I'm rhymin' and stealin' Snatching gold chains, vicking pieces of eight I got your money and your honey and the fly name plate We got wenches on the benches - and bitties with titties Housing all girlies from city to city One for all and all for one Taking out emcees with a big shotgun All for one and one for all Because the Beastie Boys have gone AWOL Friggin' in the riggin' and cuttin' your throat Big biting suckers gettin' thrown in the moat We got maidens and wenches - man, they're on the ace Ah, Captain Bligh is gonna die when we break his face Most illingest b-boy, well, I got that feeling I am most ill and I'm rhymin' and stealin' Ali Baba and the forty thieves Ali Baba and the forty thieves Ali Baba and the forty thieves Ali Baba and the forty thieves Ali Baba and the forty thieves Ali Baba and the forty thieves Ali Baba and the forty thieves Ali Baba and the forty thieves Torching and crakin' and rhymin' and stealin' Robbin' and raping - busting two in the ceiling I'm wheelin', I'm dealin' - I'm drinking, not thinking Never cower, never shower - and I'm always stinking Yo-ho-ho and a pint of Brass Monkey And when my girlie shakes her hips, she sure gets funky Skirt chasin', free basin' - killin' every village We drink and rob and rhyme and pillage
Posted on 1/6/17 at 8:46 pm to athenslife101
Bad boys.
Posted on 1/6/17 at 8:58 pm to athenslife101
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They believed that dying in battle sent you to heaven. Now what other group believes that today?
And those they targeted viewed in the same light as we view those similar in today's society.....
With one big exception. Vikings could be bought off. They wanted to conquer for riches and land. Raping, murder, and pillaging was just a bonus. Those you hinted at in today's age can't be bought off and don't want physical monetary goods.
Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:35 pm to HempHead
Don't tell me what I knew. And don't you ever accuse the city of Minneapolis of lying either.
Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:36 pm to RockyMtnTigerWDE
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So how did they decide who was the weakest each week?
They had a playoff game.
Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:38 pm to athenslife101
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pirates
Although romanticized, pirates were and are considered the scourge of all mankind (I think that exact phrase is used in some US or international law) and nearly every society has sought to destroy them where possible.
This post was edited on 1/6/17 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:40 pm to athenslife101
Because it's freedom.
Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:57 pm to theGarnetWay
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