OTP: The Boogie Men

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firechief - 16 Mar 2005 01:34 GMT

> Remembering the creepy stories we heard all of our

> lives about the boogie man doesn't help either.

The Boogie Men were actually Indonesian pirates who
preyed upon the East India Trading Company vessels.

Quite a bloodthirsty bunch, so the Boogie Man was a
distinct and actual threat known to the English, Dutch,
and Portuguese who traded in the Indonesian archipelago.

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Mike-UK - 16 Mar 2005 18:12 GMT

> > Remembering the creepy stories we heard all of our
> > lives about the boogie man doesn't help either.
>
> The Boogie Men were actually Indonesian pirates who
> preyed upon the East India Trading Company vessels.

Given the activities of the EITC, both "versions", it could
be interesting to find out just how much EITC propaganda was
involved here, justifying their own questionable "practices"
etc.

FUD wasn't invented by Microsoft y'know. ;\

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