Poll: Pirates or Ninjas?

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norwegian-guy

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Neither.
Pirates are brutal thugs. Guilty of pillaging, rape and murder on a massive scale throughout history. Ninjas are just assassins and spies. Just as amoral as pirates.

I know it's a boring answer, but the fact is I don't find either of these glamourized black spots in history to be cool.
 

RuralGamer

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Ninjas, especially historical ninjas because they're even more crazy than Hollywood ones. Ninjas were originally trained for all kinds of stuff such as guerrilla warfare, sabotage and such; they even dressed as enemy soldiers and stirred up trouble in the enemy ranks to demoralise them. Ninjas were effectively the feudal equivalent of Special Forces, therefore they rock.
 

emeraldrafael

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Neither. The Knight kicks major ass all on his own. Or the Native American brave.

EDIT: however, for the purpose of the poll, I'll say Pirates. They were manly men, and much more awesome then ninjas. The Pirate knew the meaning of the word survive, and were on the run from EVERYONE (even the guys that hired them). Plus, they had Blackbeard, and Calico Jack, and other great pirate names. Who do the ninja's have?
 

Mckeown

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ha, what's all this about pirates and ninjas? every true man knows that VIKINGS are the manliest in the land!
 

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GrizzlerBorno said:
Does anyone even play that Genre War game that the Escapist has?
I tried it, then stopped. It was pretty boring.

Ninjas, but not the real ones of course, the awesome ones!

And as a Swede, vikings are awesome!
 
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royohz said:
they were exterminated by the army without a problem. Pirates are still around.
That's what the ninja want you to think. They're just in the shadows, waiting for the opportune moment to strike, and before you know what hit you, you have a shuriken embedded in the back of your head. Pirates just scream "YAAAAR!!!!" and do hit and run with guns or swing their swords wildly.

Also, the ninja would kill the pirate before the fight even started. Poison in the ale, pounce on him in his sleep/drunken stupor, etc.

Lastly, naruto != ninjas. They're more like medieval power rangers with ninja powers. The only REAL ninja in that series is Kakashi, and even he is debatable.
 

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Pirates! YARR! There are so many variations on piratin' and pirates; some are smooth and cool (although these tend to be the French ones), they can be rugged and badass (Blackbeard styley) and they murder, rape, loot, steal, rape, drink, pillage, rape, fight, sail the seven seas, rape and lie. Ninja's ain't got shit on that.
 

Athol

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I have to go pirates, more specificly Vikings. My family has some Norse heritige, now if you'll excuse me I have an urge to go raid some coastal towns.
 

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Can I have a fusion of both and make a new breed of pirate ninjas?

no, okay then I gotta go with ninja's because dammit I always wanted to be a ninja if it wasn't for the fact im probably too tall and about as stealthy as a air horn but a man can dream right.
 

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I have a half-sleeve tattoo of a pirate ship, shark, message in a bottle and palm tree. I like pirates. I like pirates a lot
 

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norwegian-guy said:
Neither.
Pirates are brutal thugs. Guilty of pillaging, rape and murder on a massive scale throughout history. Ninjas are just assassins and spies. Just as amoral as pirates.

I know it's a boring answer, but the fact is I don't find either of these glamourized black spots in history to be cool.
Lighten up. Most great figures/societies in history are flawed in some manner.
 

ManWithHat

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Ninjas! Ninjas all the way.

Ninja undergo tremendous training for decades. They are capable of carrying out missions without even knowing who they are working with. It is said that their running capabilities were near inhuman. They are ever observant, smart, and possessors of great ingenuity and improvisation.

They are just so AWESOME!

Except Naruto. Those are not ninja.
 

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TheYellowCellPhone said:

Erm, that's awkward.

OT: Pirates!
My mind is blown :O

OT: I gotta go with pirates. I said ninjas for the longest time but I'm truly a pirate deep down.
 

norwegian-guy

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gphjr14 said:
norwegian-guy said:
Neither.
Pirates are brutal thugs. Guilty of pillaging, rape and murder on a massive scale throughout history. Ninjas are just assassins and spies. Just as amoral as pirates.

I know it's a boring answer, but the fact is I don't find either of these glamourized black spots in history to be cool.
Lighten up. Most great figures/societies in history are flawed in some manner.
I know, but pirates and ninjas are actual flaws of societies