Pirate ship "democratic life"

Pirate ship " democratic life" www.thebeijingnews.com · 2007-7-22 6: 32: 42 ·

Source: Beijing News

A pirate's life is full of danger, so the pirate ship on public order must be fully guaranteed, to maintain the unity among pirates.

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Although the pirates is ruthless and vicious criminals, but the pirate ship but not most people imagine floating tyranny.

On the contrary, the pirates are clear danger of Captain dictatorship, Corsair's public life was full of democratic rules.

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With the mafia, the pirates are not affected by race and family ties.

They don't rely on others to join the hostage of violence, many of which are voluntary. 1630-1730 years was the golden age of piracy in the West, they occupied the main channel at that time. The crew of the pirate ship has prepared two hundred people, at the same time period, only a 20 merchant ships.

The pirates come mainly from the Navy and merchant marine of seafarers.

These two vessels in accordance with a strict hierarchical order to organizations, the captain has the unrestricted authority. In the crew's inadequate water and food, the captain was able to get adequate supply. The captain and a handful of officials have separate crew quarters, but the living situation is very bad. Once the captain makes mistakes or bad temper, intolerable seafarers would be forced to do pirates. Pirates are a hegemony of naval officers and merchant shipping captain's victims, so when they form a team, they find a way to avoid this from happening.

Order how to establish

Battle captain is the highest authority, as argued and different views can reduce efficiency and risk.

Operation time of the military officer, is responsible for discipline, food and loot distribution. Usually it is expressly provided by distribution rules, and relatively equal, the captain obtained only twice as ordinary seamen. The captain and crew of military officer was elected, Captain if not enough brave, judgment or beyond the scope of their powers, would have dismissed. Therefore, the pirate leaders between competition. This will prevent their abuse, to encourage them to the benefit of the crew. Different from warships and merchant ships that pirates treatment and salary with ratings almost everyone can break into the captain's room, cursed him, took his food and water.

In limiting the powers of the master, but also limit the power of the military Government.

To this end, the Pirates set to the plenary agreed expressly loot distribution. When some loot cannot be split or on its value in dispute, the pirates will be for sale or auction, so that you can split a — — lest military officer took the opportunity to play tricks.

Secondly, the pirate "code" to prohibit those who affect the behavior of combat power.

For example, prohibiting drunkenness is noisy, the prohibition of fighting, the prohibition of gambling, the prohibition of women with the ship, so the crew between jealousy in love, prohibited to smoke in the vicinity of gunpowder.

Pirate "code," there are measures to stimulate the enthusiasm of the crew.

There are major contributors will be rewarded. Finally, the pirate "code" also provides for violation of the provisions of the specific penalties, so do the punishment of the military Government abuse of power. Punishment including beatings, the violators of body drag through the hull is not smooth places, they are abandoned in the beach, on a desert island Cape or, just give them a gun and some ammunition and gunpowder, a bottle of water, let it run its course. Pirates in punishing them among the defaulter is treated prisoners also ruthless than.

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Pirate "code" is often very simple and does not cover all possible situations.

Major incidents, the crew will set up and work together to determine.

The "code" is after all the Pirates agreed, that is they can be successful.

Pirates who understand that to comply with the "code" in everyone's interest. Because the pirates at sea are recognized before, once the needs of these provisions in accordance with the regulations, they largely self.

Based on the pirates ' historical records, the pirates than many colonists, merchant ships and warships are more orderly, more peaceful, more organized.

Although they are vicious Bandit, but they want to achieve in order to smoothly within collaboration. Some people say that piracy such a crime is a repulsive, but no matter how heinous, it remains a colony.

□ Beixiaorong (Beijing reporter)