Can I Get an Arrgh?

October 25, 2008 · Filed Under Current 

More Disnified pirates, as reported by the New York Times.  It seems the pirate reenactors who pay attention to the history can get annoyed by the new armada of faux Captain Jack Sparrows.

Can I Get an Arrgh?

““Why do some of them feel like they can wear blank spandex pants and a puffy shirt and be allowed to call themselves pirates?” said John Macek, a member of the Pirate Brethren, a re-enactment group formed in the 1990s in Columbia, Md.

In an e-mail message meditating on the state of his hobby, Mr. Macek added: “Why do others bother to study pirates in minute detail to get it ‘right,’ because after all, these guys were just a bunch of criminals, murderers, etc? Why the animosity between these two groups? What would your grandfather have said about your hobby? Many of these re-enactors claim to be ‘educating the public,’ but just what gives them the notion they are knowledgeable enough?””

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