02-08-2012, 03:26 PM
The whole expedition was a comedy of errors, really... this isn't intended to be about them, but I expect familiarity with the story is required to pick up on the allegory, as you quite rightly point out.
Rum played a very important part in our history -- there was the Rum Rebellion, when William Bligh yet again faced mutiny, but of course that was only blamed on rum by teetotallers (the enemy of all great nations), when in fact it arose largely because the colony would have been better off if Fletcher Christian had done away with Bligh properly in the first place.
Rum played a very important part in our history -- there was the Rum Rebellion, when William Bligh yet again faced mutiny, but of course that was only blamed on rum by teetotallers (the enemy of all great nations), when in fact it arose largely because the colony would have been better off if Fletcher Christian had done away with Bligh properly in the first place.
It could be worse