When I saw that a Somalian pirate was earlier this week sentenced to 405 months in prison, it reminded me of the story of the reply given to Alexander the Great by a captured pirate that was recounted by Augustine sixteen hundred years ago in his famous work, The City of God: Indeed, that was an apt and true reply which was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride, “What thou meanest by seizing … Continue reading Robbers and Emperors