"Ye miserable victims of the earth,
ye cowardly poltroons who serve kings, princes and lords
for a miserly pittance scarce big enough to keep body and soul together.
Ye are yellow-livered swine, numskulls and craven cowards to serve
those who trample on ye with laws they make to protect ill
gotten powers and wealth.
They make their laws to rob thee as they wish and enforce
these foul laws with sword and musket.
They banquet in the fine halls of their castles and mansions
and leave ye to feed on the few crumbs and the gristle
they can not eat.
To ye I say I am no slave and as a free man I have the right to
make war on them as they do to me. To all of ye I say,
Make one with me against these vultures who look on us as swine
and cattle."
Black Sam Bellamy, 1716, to the Just captured crew of the British ship Wydah
The man was ahead of his time, arrrgh, mateys!
Or as HL Mencken put it....
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats."
ye cowardly poltroons who serve kings, princes and lords
for a miserly pittance scarce big enough to keep body and soul together.
Ye are yellow-livered swine, numskulls and craven cowards to serve
those who trample on ye with laws they make to protect ill
gotten powers and wealth.
They make their laws to rob thee as they wish and enforce
these foul laws with sword and musket.
They banquet in the fine halls of their castles and mansions
and leave ye to feed on the few crumbs and the gristle
they can not eat.
To ye I say I am no slave and as a free man I have the right to
make war on them as they do to me. To all of ye I say,
Make one with me against these vultures who look on us as swine
and cattle."
Black Sam Bellamy, 1716, to the Just captured crew of the British ship Wydah
The man was ahead of his time, arrrgh, mateys!
Or as HL Mencken put it....
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats."
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