tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post7196109404591542722..comments2024-03-28T18:59:57.979+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Haven And VikingsKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-80250425227428476072016-06-17T08:49:04.161+01:002016-06-17T08:49:04.161+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I agree, King Hadding and later his d...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I agree, King Hadding and later his descendants Hroar and Helgi had the right idea, recruit restless and ambitious young men and use them not for wantonly plundering helpless people but for rooting out bandits and pirates. For Helgi to then go in viking himself was not good, even tho it was all too common in that midnight of the Dark Age and later.<br /><br />For that matter, we STILL have pirates today! Sea bandits infesting the Horn of Africa and the Malay seas have been preying on sea borne commerce. And the weakness we see all too often from Western nations today is worsening the problem!<br /><br />For a time the Royal Navy stamped out this plague by simply DESTROYING the pirates and making it convincingly plain to pirates they would be hunted down. No longer, alas!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com