Johann Hari: You are being lied to about pirates (independent.co.uk)
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derram 8.4 years ago
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Johann Hari: You are being lied to about pirates - Johann Hari - Commentators - The Independent
'Once they had a ship, the pirates elected their captains, and made all their decisions collectively, without torture. '
'The independent Somalian news site WardheerNews found 70 per cent "strongly supported the piracy as a form of national defence". '
'Many ordinary people believed it was false: pirates were often saved from the gallows by supportive crowds. '
'Just before he was hanged in Charleston, South Carolina, he said: "What I did was to keep me from perishing. '
'And at the end of months or years of this, you were often cheated of your wages. '
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derram ago
https://archive.is/ftlsg :
'Once they had a ship, the pirates elected their captains, and made all their decisions collectively, without torture. '
'The independent Somalian news site WardheerNews found 70 per cent "strongly supported the piracy as a form of national defence". '
'Many ordinary people believed it was false: pirates were often saved from the gallows by supportive crowds. '
'Just before he was hanged in Charleston, South Carolina, he said: "What I did was to keep me from perishing. '
'And at the end of months or years of this, you were often cheated of your wages. '
This has been an automated message.