When you're a Pirate you stretch the truth a lot. Well... you lie a lot, and not just to the local wenches. There are times when not being truthful is needed to keep a rope from around your neck or to deceive some poor ship into thinking you're a whaling vessel in distress. That is part of life as a pirate. But lying to your crew or your mates... that's death! Not just by the code. When you lie, it can mean no trust from the crew that has your back (that's when you can get stabbed in the back , from more then the enemy). Why does one need to lie to the crew or ask you to lie for them? This is the reason pirates vote on who is going to be captain. And one is not promoted to captain just because he has been on the ship a long time. (The parrot would run the ship by that standard.) To lie to get booty is great. Other than that, why lie?