Avast, ye Dirty Swabs! It be Talk Like a Pirate Day!

[Drewster]

Well, and I am with Her Majesty's Royal Navy and we've enough rope for yer necks

Ye'll n'er take us alive Landlubber!! Arrrrrr!

[TimberWolf]

Arr, by th' powers, tis nay much known in these here parts but sea dogs be democratic, so they were:

Gentleman o' fortune communities be some o' th' first t' instate a system o' checks an' balances similar t' th' one used by th' present-tide United States an' many other countries. Arr.

Both th' captain an' th' quartermaster be elected by th' crew; they, in turn, appointed th' other ship`s officers. Th' captain o' a seafarin' hearty ship be often a fierce swashbuckler in whom th' men could place the'r trust, rather than a more traditional captainliness figure sanctioned by an elite. Arr.

There be contemporary records that many seafarin' heartys placed a portion o' any captured treasure into a central fund that be used t' compensate th' injuries sustained by th' crew. Lists show standardised payments o' 600 pieces o' eight ($156,000 in modern currency) fer th' loss o' a leg down t' 100 pieces ($26,800) fer loss o' an eye. Often all o' these terms be agreed upon an' written down by th' seafarin' heartys, but these articles could also be used as incriminatin' proof that they be outlaws. Arr.
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Arr, bound by the articles. Fair brings water t' th' eyes.

[Moscow Mule]

gaaaaarrrrrggggghhhh

[SupremeSpod]

No quarter given, none expected.

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[HairyArsedBloke]

My credo.