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FAIR PLAY!

Recently, there has been an attempt to improve Captain Bligh’s tainted image.

Historians maintain that there was no turpitude in Bligh’s actions aboard the H.M.S. Bounty.

Perhaps he was imprudent in failing to keep his temper under control.

While an infraction aboard ship was quickly criticized, Bligh never carried out those callous actions the movie dramatized in order to depict an evil man, say his defenders.

After the mutiny, Captain Bligh astutely navigated the lifeboat with the other 17 men for over 3,000 miles to safety.

This prodigious feat alone, say those who would restore Bligh’s good name, should be enough to allow for a full redress of the wrongs that have been blamed on him for over 150 years.

While the coterie defending Captain Bligh do not ask the public to praise him, they do request a more benevolent attitude toward this traditionally reprehensible figure, and an end to the vituperation heaped upon him for these many years.