The empire in their effort to project their image as saviours to the colonises have spared no corners unturned. They introduce villians as heroes, viragoes as virgins and the devils own as angels. If they think the heroes they sent as crusaders then look the graves they left behind. Visit St Paul Hill in Melaka, Malaysia. There are no Christian headstones in the chapel - only headstones from the Freemasons and their kins. Is the jolly roger - the cross-bones and skull, christian?
I was a fan of the pirate movie genre - the jolly roger were used by pirates. They as do as pirates would do, rob, pillarage, burn and kill whoever and whomever they like. They make friends with local pirates and share the pirating spoils. HoHo with a bottle of rum. Some countries such as England have a special name for them, and some of them even became the favorite of the Queen. Its difficult to verify but maybe the movies can give answers - the officers who came to the colonies did not bring their wives but were provided social escorts who sometimes provide service to the local chieftains.
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