Skipper, Cantebury Tales

The Pirate of Today

Being a man of few morals, the Pirate would fit into our society quite easily.

With the number of occupations that require such a lack of appreciation for human

life (like working for the IRS), the skipper would fit in perfectly. "The nicer rules of

conscience he ignored. If, when he fought, the enemy vessel sank, He sent his

prisoners home; they walked the plank." (Chaucer pg117 lines 8-10) In other words,

one must think of what kind of person destroys homes, because its their job, and

destroys the lives of those he attacked. To propose such an idea must seem

appalling to most. However, when writing a paper for school, while attempting to

achieve a dry sense of political humor, certain lines must be crossed.

Oops.

Now then, a number of questions come to mind about a pirate in today's

society, the first obviously being where would he live? Well there are a number

of places that the outlaws of today go to, along with the outcasts. The gamblers go

to Las Vegas, the gays go to San Francisco, and the corrupt celebrities go to L.A.

As Maynard James Keenan puts it "Here in this hopeless ****** hole we call LA

The only way to fix it is to flush it all away." So it would be safe to assume that

the good 'ol skipper would fit into L.A. pretty well, but is that where he would spend his whole life?