"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:43:09 -0600, "Canuck57"
wrote:

I like the old way, slit their wrists and walk the plank. You slit the
wrists so the sharks find them fast. Dead pirates never pirate again.

There is no positive evidence anyone ever walked the plank. Why
bother? Why rig out the plank, when all that is needed is a quick
slash to the throat, or if you hate the guy, a stab in the guts? I
think the gut stab, less messy, and he won't resist much when a couple
of guys shove him over the rail.

Casady


I was reading about the Barbary Pirates and Jefferson. According to the
historical accounts, the US Navy sailors went out of their way to make
examples of captured pirates. They were mutilated, decapitated, heads were
put on pikes and displayed to remaining pirates to see and get impressions
of.

Nice guys, those early sailors.

Eisboch

On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:24:00 -0400, Eisboch wrote:


I was reading about the Barbary Pirates and Jefferson. According to
the historical accounts, the US Navy sailors went out of their way to
make examples of captured pirates. They were mutilated, decapitated,
heads were put on pikes and displayed to remaining pirates to see and
get impressions of.

Nice guys, those early sailors.

Hell, it might have been jealousy talking. Most of the pirate ships of
the "Golden Age" were democracies. Captains were elected. Their cruises
could be highly lucrative to all of the crew. Injured crewmen were even
compensated for injuries. Contrast that with traditional ships where the
Captain was all powerful, floggings were a common occurrence, and many
crew were pressed into service.