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There's a Robin Hood element to modern-day pirates

There has always been a moral ambivalence about piracy. The English, over the centuries, have been loath to admit that their greatest pirate, Sir Francis Drake, was just that: a pirate.

There has always been a moral ambivalence about piracy. The English, over the centuries, have been loath to admit that their greatest pirate, Sir Francis Drake, was just that: a pirate.