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Re: John E. Doolittle.
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Mon, 10 Jan 2000 17:43:36 GMT
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Richard Parsons <rparsons@hinet.net.au> wrote in message
news:FnxrtJ.un@lugnet.com...
> And the part in the story about his first act of piracy seems a bit rushed
> no? How did he turn from practicing law to breaking the law? It seems to
> me that 'his first act of piracy' was probably an act of mercy, sallying
> forth to rescue a foundering vessel, transferring the contents of her hold
> to his, discovering in her hold the stolen artifact and say some very
> decrepit islanders, kidnapped and caged for transport to the Brikish • Museum
> of Natural History. 'Oh, the humanity' etc etc, frees the islanders, • cages
> the foundering ship's master, impounds the foundering ship's cargo and
> commits it to the welfare of the islanders, and sets off to the Pacific, • to
> try to restore the islanders and their artifact to their respective homes.
> Et voilà, a pirate is born.
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> Regards
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> Richard
> Still baldly going...
> Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
Richard:
It does seem a bit rushed but I thought that was intentional - as if you
were saying that his "first act of piracy" was practicing law - the
inference being that it was no great step to go from "legal" piracy (law) to
"illegal" piracy on the high seas.
I like the idea about an act of mercy pirating being his first. How about
this: "Upon rescuing the cargo and native islanders from the sinking vessle,
Capt. Doolittle, still heavily influenced by the customs of his law
practice, retained 40% of the loot as his fee. Believing this to be fair
compensation for his efforts, Doolittle continued this practice for the
remainder of his pirating days (the other 60% going to various expenses such
as the Port Block Christmas Party fund and other "political" donations)."
Tim
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| Timothy D. Freshly wrote (...) vessle, (...) such (...) Sounds great to me - I'll add it in the next update :-) But what about his adventures on the high seas - is nothing known at all? Doesn't anyone know anything about what he got up to? A (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| Timothy D. Freshly wrote in message ... (...) paragraphs preceding the one which begins "And these weren't all his problems...", you were talking about the widower Waite, Doolittle's former law partner. However, in this paragraph, you appear to (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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