Bon homme or pirate? http://heritage.scotsman.com/template/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=7102&ArticleID=3273311&format=rss#comments Comments on "Bon homme or pirate?" en-gb Copyright 2009, Johnston Press PLC Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:14:58 GMT http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 5 Posted by Angus Og, Scotland http://heritage.scotsman.com//great-scots/Bon-homme-or-pirate.3273311.jp#comment1543985 I hate this dumbing down of unpleasant and violent people 'in the cause of history'.

He may be an American hero, but at the time he was a British traitor.

These days he would be regarded as a terrorist.

]]> /great-scots/Bon-homme-or-pirate.3273311.jp#comment1543985 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:14:58 GMT Posted by JSP, Canberra, Australia http://heritage.scotsman.com//great-scots/Bon-homme-or-pirate.3273311.jp#comment1540197 A very interesting story! I hope his ship is found. The comparison with the poor Argentine Scot who had to fight in the Falklands was ironic - don't think John Paul Jones had nightmares about fighting his own people!

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