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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dctjr80, post: 583680, member: 15915&quot;]The point is that they are being commemorated for the Large scale effect that they had on the known world of their day. There were 100&#039;s to 1000&#039;s of pirates in their day too, but their names are remembered for the same reason that they are commemorated. You may argue that they weren&#039;t nice men, but they did have a Huge impact and you might be surprised by some values that they did stand for in their stories if you decide to read their tales <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>“&nbsp; &nbsp; In an honest Service, there is thin Commons, low Wages, and hard Labour; in this, Plenty and Satiety, Pleasure and Ease, Liberty and Power; and who would not balance Creditor on this Side, when all the Hazard that is run for it, at worst, is only a sower Look or two at choaking. No, a merry Life and a short one shall be my Motto&nbsp; &nbsp; ”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>—Pirate Captain Bartholomew Roberts</p><p><br /></p><p>Also Piracy was the only time Democracy ever existed on the Seas, and still holds true hundreds of years later to this day, as partialy stated above in Captain Roberts Quote[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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