Comments on: A Plea for Christian Piracy [7] | So why do children love pirates? | Peter Pan http://www.kesterbrewin.com/2009/09/16/a-plea-for-christian-piracy-7-so-why-do-children-love-pirates-peter-pan/ // __ issues. in code. __ // Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:30:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Simon http://www.kesterbrewin.com/2009/09/16/a-plea-for-christian-piracy-7-so-why-do-children-love-pirates-peter-pan/comment-page-1/#comment-2134 Simon Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:21:35 +0000 http://www.kesterbrewin.com/?p=914#comment-2134 Hi Kester, thanks for all your thoughts. I disagree with you on a number of points, but like your style. IN terms of why do children like pirates - is it really because its a taste of liberation? I suggest that piracy is really a form of indoctrination or socialisation for free market capitalism. We are teaching children to want to get stuff, and to do so with as little cost to themselves as possible. How should we reflect upon the piracy of our own society? I suggest that it is part and parcel of a capitalist system, which forces some to take what they can by force/theft or whatever, and then uses their errant voice to legitimise its way of life. Piracy is an intrinsic part of the orthodoxy, it is the limit that both intrigues us and frightens us. Hi Kester, thanks for all your thoughts. I disagree with you on a number of points, but like your style. IN terms of why do children like pirates – is it really because its a taste of liberation? I suggest that piracy is really a form of indoctrination or socialisation for free market capitalism. We are teaching children to want to get stuff, and to do so with as little cost to themselves as possible.

How should we reflect upon the piracy of our own society? I suggest that it is part and parcel of a capitalist system, which forces some to take what they can by force/theft or whatever, and then uses their errant voice to legitimise its way of life. Piracy is an intrinsic part of the orthodoxy, it is the limit that both intrigues us and frightens us.

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