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October 10th, 2009

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Post any comments you have about who should “Walk the Plank” and why.  Even in the 21st Century pirates move from port to port, sea to sea and country to country ripping off people. Now it’s their turn to Walk the Plank by exposing them as the pirates they are to the world through the internet’s world wide web (www.). This is for justice, not revenge.

Do not use this site to persecute, harass or otherwise be a pain in the ass to someone over some personal or petty dispute.  It will never see the light of day because our administrative managers in Hong Kong and London will not allow it to post.

Make sure to put the city, state, province and country location of either where the pirate is, was or is going.

The first city listed is:

Pattaya, Thailand

Pirates identified are Lance Shaw and Niels Colov

Add to this section if Pattaya, Thailand is the location OR name the location in the title of your post so those who also are after the pirate can join in! send this link to your friends www.walk-the-plank.com

Walk the plank from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Walking the plank was a form of murder or torture thought to have been practiced by pirates, mutineers and other rogue seafarers. The victim was forced to walk off the end of a wooden plank or beam extended over the side of a ship, falling into the water to drown, sometimes with bound hands or weighed down, often into the vicinity of sharks (which would often follow ships). The earliest known use of the phrase is the later half of the 18th century. Some writers in the 20th century speculated that walking the plank may be a myth created by cinema; however, the phrase “walking the plank” is recorded in Francis Grose’s “Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue“, which was published in 1788 (first published in 1785).

Historical instances of plank walking

In 1769, mutineer George Wood confessed to his chaplain at Newgate Prison that he and his fellow mutineers had sent their officers to walk the plank.

In 1822, William Smith, captain of the sloop Blessing, was forced to walk the plank by the pirate crew of the schooner Emanuel.

The Times reported on February 14, 1829 that the packet Redpole (Bullock, master) was captured by the pirate schooner President and sunk. The commander was shot and the crew was made to walk the plank.

In 1829, pirates intercepted the Dutch brig Vhan Fredericka in the Leeward Passage between the Virgin Islands, and murdered most of the crew by making them walk the plank with cannonballs tied to their feet.

It was said that forcing loyal seamen to walk the plank was supposed, by the perpetrators, to “avoid the penalty for murder” (by not actually killing the victims), but this would hardly have worked. Not only would most lawmen have not hesitated to prosecute any person who forced another to his death, but piracy and mutiny were also capital crimes. However, a plank-walking may have been easier on the perpetrators’ consciences.

Although walking the plank plays a large role in contemporary pirate lore, in reality walking the plank was a very rare phenomenon. Most pirates, mutineers, etc., would not bother with such an elaborate (and prone to mishap) means of doing away with their captives. The few who particularly enjoyed torturing their victims (such as Edward Low) would likely prefer longer-lasting methods.

Now pirates are bountiful! Say who is the pirate? Why you say so.  What did the pirate do? What evidence do you have of the crime? Post the topic in the geographic destination most appropriate to exposing the pirate!