Abandon all hope, ye who enter here

[wkw427]

It be talk like a pirate..weekend! I always thought it was the 17th, but its the 19th.

Let it be the 17 through ye olde 19th!

Ahoy

Landlubbers

[StarFox]

Avast, ye scurvy coward.

If there is a talk like a pirate day... weekend... whatever, how come we can't have a talk like a cowboy day... Yellerbelly?

[Guitar]

Take yur unruly ways and plunge them inter Davy Jones's lokur, argh.

[wkw427]

Because cowboys did nothing good for the world
They killed the natives
Killed the buffalo
Stole land
Were racist against Asians..

What did pirates do? They just stole from rich countries.. pretty much that is all.


When was there an epic trilogy of cowboy movies? TOY STORY DOES NOT COUNT

[StarFox]

2 words- John. Wayne.

You're also forgetting the pillaging, destruction and theft of other ships, murdering. Cowboys only drove cows through the fields, yeh yellerbelly.

[wkw427]

Pirates weren't murders.

If they sized a ship, they would take what they wanted, and accept any crew on board who wanted to join the pirates. They only killed if the crew of the ship attacked them, even in self defense.
If they wanted the ship, they wouldn't shoot it with cannons; what use is a sinking ship? They would board, and if met with resistance, attack. Once they had the ship, they would drop off the captured crew at a neutral port..

Pirates rarely killed except for self defense.

Movies have seriously romanticized pirate life.

[Guitar]

Because what's action without explosions, me hearty?

[Dr. Worm]

Arrrr!

[StarFox]

Originally Posted by Whyme123

Pirates weren't murders.

If they sized a ship, they would take what they wanted, and accept any crew on board who wanted to join the pirates. They only killed if the crew of the ship attacked them, even in self defense.
If they wanted the ship, they wouldn't shoot it with cannons; what use is a sinking ship? They would board, and if met with resistance, attack. Once they had the ship, they would drop off the captured crew at a neutral port..

Pirates rarely killed except for self defense.

Movies have seriously romanticized pirate life.

Clearly I know nothing. They still take what they want though.

[Y-Kaz]

Grrraww

[wkw427]

Originally Posted by StarFox

Clearly I know nothing. They still take what they want though.

They take what they want, yes, but they are at least considerate. Unlike Americans in the great rush west..

[DarkJinjo]

Originally Posted by Whyme123

They take what they want, yes, but they are at least considerate. Unlike Americans in the great rush west..

I implore you to reconsider. Y'all apparently don't know this, but us outlaw westerners are called cowboys too, and we ride around texas lookin' for our own personal gain. Yee-Haw!

But seriously, pirates killed people and I have no idea why you would think otherwise. You make it seem like they boarded the ship and said, "Okay guys, were stealing your ship." and the other oldschool sailor guys were like "Okay" and gave their ships up.

No. I bet 90% of the time it ended with major slaughterings by pirates.

[wkw427]

If fourty dirty men with swords came at you and said "WE ARE TAKIGN WHAT WE WANT!@!@!" would you try to fight them?

IF YES
you = dead

IF NO
you = alive

[StarFox]

It's like hijacking a car. Sometimes the guy in the car is beat up or shot so the hijackers can take what they want. I guess it varies.

[DarkJinjo]

Originally Posted by Whyme123

If fourty dirty men with swords came at you and said "WE ARE TAKIGN WHAT WE WANT!@!@!" would you try to fight them?

IF YES
you = dead

IF NO
you = alive

True, but that's assuming that every ship they hijack possesses people with no weapons, which may not always be the case.