Pirates: In an adventure with bankers

[andrewducker]

I was most amused by this:

which is a Pirate flag flying over the original Royal Bank of Scotland HQ.

I'm going to blame Occupy Edinburgh, who are based about 50 feet away...

Somewhat sad that absolutely no papers picked it up.

Comments

[nojay.livejournal.com]

Inappropriate by the terms of the Law of the Sea. RBS is majority-owned by the Government which has issued a Warrant of Marque and Reprisal to the Board of Governors thus any actions taken by that august institution which might on the surface appear to be piratical in nature are in fact legitimate commercial transactions. It's not robbery, rape and pillage if the Government says it's OK.

[0olong.livejournal.com]

So you're saying that technically they're privateers, rather than pirates?

Trouble is that the best-known privateer flag seems to have been plain red, and that's been pretty convincingly taken over by the left wing since then...