The following I got over on MySpace from a friend, and I want to share it with everyone, if this is true, it has me a little upset, and will be sending an email to the San Diego Maritime Museum protesting this decision.
"The San Diego Maritime Museum is dropping pirates from the program and removing the pirate exhibit because they believe that this "piracy craze" is a "dying fad and they want to be ahead of the game". Is that short-sighted or what? Of course, Disney must not know what is going on. They just spent many millions to renovate rides and parts of their attractions on this "dying craze".
People in pirate costumes will not be welcomed there. Why? Because there are some there who just hate the whole pirate thing saying that pirates were nothing but rapists and pillagers and evil people. But they have no problem with the Minnesota Vikings, SDSU Aztecs, and, my favorite, the USD Conquistadors. Whuh?
The saddest part of this is that more people will lose their jobs and the kids who come to play pirate will be sorely disappointed and not come back. They may even be made to feel like they are doing something bad and that is totally inappropriate. And I will also spread the word far and wide that the SDMM is NOT a place for kids anymore. Go there if you want to learn some maritime history but stay away if you want to play and have fun.
I am dropping the SDMM from my friends list and taking out all links from my personal website. They do not deserve my support anymore. They never supported me anyway and made things very difficult. So sad for the kids!
Mister Mac"
If you wish to send the SDMM an email protesting this decision you can do so at info@sdmaritime.org.
