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The Pirates

The Pirates Pirates were around in the 16th century, they flew the Jolly Roger/Scull & Crossbones and would loot and pillage Ships at sea, for their rich cargo and gold doubloons Over the years they have moved to land in guises as Highwaymen and bushrangers, outlaws that steal money As well as gold and defy the law. In modern times the Pirate has become an even bigger threat to the film and Music industry by bootlegging copies on videotape and Disks, robbing performers and actors of their rightful Royalties. Now in the days of the Internet, the pirate or Modern day version known as a scammer, creates All sorts of evil ways to attain money on hoax activities Dating sites and social networking even through networks With items for sale. Yes hoaxes and scams make up about Seventy percent of Internet activities, which goes Unpoliced, with people losing large ammounts of money To these unscroupulous people every day. Can they be Stopped? The answer is a mystery, as the world is losing It's innocence to unstoppable theives we call pirates.

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Date: 6/26/2013 8:46:00 AM
a very good point you bring, modern day pirates making money off of copyrighting, enjoyed your write, ~always, Linda
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John Ginesi
Date: 6/26/2013 8:54:00 AM
Hi Linda, I compared the past pirates with the todays scammers, they acquire the same but by more updated methods the keyword here is stealing, but the modern way is by stealth, I am glad you liked this effort as I have plenty more waiting to be posted, enjoy yourself, best wishes. John

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