tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post2898624529705455899..comments2023-12-06T11:18:27.198+01:00Comments on ThinkShop: Pirates of the ConfederationP. M. Doolanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-36582611337009734502011-03-25T08:14:07.954+01:002011-03-25T08:14:07.954+01:00I know exactly what you mean! But I teach student...I know exactly what you mean! But I teach students who are in their late teens, so that keeps me acquainted with the latest streetspeak (did I just make up that word?). And my younger colleagues are very at home in the digital world, which forces me to keep abreast as well, not just with the mechanics, but the linguistic turns as well.P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-32347055264765104772011-03-25T04:12:02.716+01:002011-03-25T04:12:02.716+01:00In the online world, pirates are more likely to be...In the online world, pirates are more likely to be computor geeks? Who knew? Well then, if the new party is to be the party of the information generation, then I suppose it isn't so inappropriate.<br /><br />*sigh* do you sometimes find your language skills, honed over the decades, do not necessarily increase communication with the younger generation?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-17236007669698858182011-03-24T09:38:30.361+01:002011-03-24T09:38:30.361+01:00Hels,
True, but the word has other meanings too. ...Hels,<br /><br />True, but the word has other meanings too. When I was a teenager I listened to the legendary Radio Caroline - a Pirate radio station. And from radio stations that operated outside the law, and did not pay taxes, we come to the modern pirates of the open-source digital culture. In the online world, pirates are more likely to be computor geeks, like the Swiss Pirate Party (actually it is an international movement, founded in Sweden - there are Pirate Parties in over a dozen countires today and they contested elections for the European Parliament).P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740147662943742025.post-39844383654296696962011-03-24T00:05:16.659+01:002011-03-24T00:05:16.659+01:00Interesting use of the word "pirate" whi...Interesting use of the word "pirate" which in many peoples' minds would refer to pirates of the Caribbean etc in the 1700-1730 period. Pirates were not privateers; rather they were violent men who used cutlasses and flintlock guns against innocent passengers and crews going about their daily business at sea. <br /><br />Pirates were certainly not freedom fighters. They were thieves and murderers.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com