it's not clear why the sailors would endure such squalor and face such harm

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In Reply to: First (local Boston) review of Master and Commander posted by clarkjohnsen on November 12, 2003 at 13:49:42:

more familiar than this reviewer; most of the British navy non-commissioned sailors were kidnapped by organised Press Gangs in places like Bristol; and once aboard flogged if they didnt work or behave, killed even
Youths would return from a couple of years at sea and after experiencing constant malnutrition and maltreatment and toothless from scurvy their own mothers wouldnt recognise them
The reviewer is imagining a far, far more egalitarian world than that which existed in Napoleon era Britain!
Eric

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Topic - First (local Boston) review of Master and Commander - clarkjohnsen 13:49:42 11/12/03 (3)

it's not clear why the sailors would endure such squalor and face such harm - gware 04:29:12 11/13/03 (1)

It's as close as Hollywood will ever get....nt.. - late 07:55:25 11/13/03 (0)

Even the trailer looks magnificent. - Dmitry 19:08:50 11/12/03 (0)

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it's not clear why the sailors would endure such squalor and face such harm - gware 04:29:12 11/13/03 (1)

It's as close as Hollywood will ever get....nt.. - late 07:55:25 11/13/03 (0)

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