Ninjas are better then pirates

uh...hello? Pirates of the Carribean undead monkey...? Moving on. Pirates are superior to ninjas for a variety of reasons. The first is accessibility. Nearly every coastal civilization has been plagued by pirates at one time or another. Ninjas prowled in Japan up until the Meiji Restoration (1860's), and thus are completely irrelevant to most of the people who have ever lived on Earth. Whether there are authentic modern ninjas is uncertain, but there are certainly modern pirates. Assuming modern ninjutsu schools are authentic, it would still be better to become a pirate than a ninja. Rather than years of tedious training, all one needs is a small boat, a few mounted automatic weapons, and a general lack of respect for international law. The rewards of piracy are many. Pirates can accumulate material wealth in the form of treasure, valuable goods to be traded, or wealthy aristocrats to ransom. If they play their cards right, pirates can also spend most of their time sailing around in pleasant parts of the world like the Caribbean. When on land, they can enjoy the company of pirate wenches. Note that there are no ninja wenches. Clearly, popular culture has accepted pirates more thoroughly than ninjas. There is no "Ninja English" option on Facebook, nor is there an International Talk Like a Ninja Day. There aren't any Gilbert and Sullivan operas about ninjas, and Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom have never played ninjas. Batman is not a real ninja. There are no professional sports teams in the US called the "Ninjas." Pirates are simply more marketable than ninjas. They have great hats, parrots, peg legs, and they make people walk the plank. They even have a recognizable logo: the Jolly Roger. It has caught on so well that some military units use the design in their insignias and victory flags to capture the strong, tough, and intimidating nature of pirates. Pirates have better PR agents. Captain Morgan visits campus bars regularly and hands out free merchandise, but no ninja impersonator has ever given me anything. This brings up another good point: Captain Morgan is a famous pirate. There are lots of famous pirates, and they have cool names like Blackbeard, Black Bart, and Calico Jack. There are not many famous ninjas, teenage mutant turtles aside. This may be because ninjas are not social. Manning a ship, however, requires many people, so pirates are found in groups. They sing sea shanties like "Blow the Man Down" and "Haul on the Bowline." They also drink ale and other alcoholic beverages. Besides being excellent ways to preserve carbohydrates, these beverages were much safer to drink than seawater. Despite being outlaws, pirates had a certain morality about them. In the golden age of piracy, pirate crews often formed limited democracies at a time when that type of government was uncommon. The crew would elect the captain and the quartermaster. Many pirate crews even had their own form of health plan, where the pirates all paid into a central fund that was used to compensate injured crew members. Pirates often liberated slaves and accepted them into their crews. Finally, if their lives of crime caught up with them, pirates' public executions provided entertainment for the masses. Some other reasons: Pirates get drunk. Pirates get drunk a lot. Pirates rape, pillage, murder and drink. Two words: Undead monkey A ninja who gets his leg cut off is useless. A pirate who gets his leg cut off is captain. Dead pirates go to Davy Jones' locker. Dead ninjas go to the city morgue. Pirates use gunpowder as a weapon, not a distraction. Pirates have a super-cool logo – the Jolly Roger. The song goes, "Yo ho, Yo ho, a pirate's life for me!" Notice that there is no version for "a ninja's life." Pirates have treasure. Pirates carry their money around in a much more ornate fashion – the treasure chest. Ninjas have no money and have to roommate with people. That's why they're so stealthy. So they can be good roommates. Pirates can live anywhere they want by killing the people who already live there. Did I mention that the Undead Monkey has a gun? Pirate lingo is much more lively than ninja lingo – largely because ninjas aren't allowed to speak. Pirates can keep all manner of pets – parrots, monkeys (sometimes undead) – you name it. Ninjas aren't allowed to keep pets because they usually have allergies and will break out in hives. There aren't any professional sports teams named after ninjas. Pirates don't need stealth. Hiding is for babies. Pirates keep their stash of loot in cool wooden chests whose locations are marked on wicked awesome maps. Ninjas keep their money in no-interest checking accounts and get charged lots of fees by their banks. That's because ninjas are idiots. Pirates wear more than just pajamas and they never wear spandex. Only babies like ninjas wear spandex. Ninjas are uptight all the time. Once, a ninja sneezed and he had to kill himself by drinking acid. That's how insecure they are. Pirates can conquer entire towns. If you don't believe me, I guess you never played "Sid Meier's Pirates!" Ninjas kill people who look at them funny. Pirates kill people just because. Internet piracy is the scourge of the 21st Century. There is no such thing as an "internet ninja." Pirate movies are more fun than ninja movies. Sequels to pirate movies are more fun than sequels to ninja movies. TMNT 3: Secret of the Ooze, I'm looking at you. Movies with pirates make WAAAAAY more money than movies with ninjas. Pirates have cool superstitions and legends. Ninjas have allergies and neuroses. Han Solo was a pirate. Although Batman got hisself some ninja training, he quit the Brotherhood. The reason? ‘Cuz ninjas are babies. If you kill a ninja, you're safe. Just because you killed one pirate doesn't mean his pirate friends won't still kill and rape you – maybe in that order. Give a pirate a bottle of rum and he'll go on a three day bender in which he rapes anything that moves (livestock included), breaks into every storefront, and kills everything else. Give a ninja some rum and he'll make you a gay Mojito. Speaking of rum, no distilled spirit has ever been named for a famous ninja. That's because you can't become famous by being a ninja. Pirates have a much cooler mode of transportation. Ninjas don't get to use cannons. They don't get to use guns either. There are no rides at Disneyland devoted to the ninja lifestyle. That is because there are no robot ninjas. The Walt Disney Corporation has to carry insurance just in case the robot pirates go all "Kill All Humans!" (I have no proof of this claim. It is pure speculation) Pirates have cool names like "Blackbeard" and "Bluebeard" and "Jack Rackham." Ninjas have gay names like "Gary" and "Steve." Pirates have their own currency. Pirates actually become scarier when they get prosthetic limbs. Ninjas can't mutiny. Ninjas don't get to feed people to sharks. Pirates travel to all manner of sun-drenched tropical destinations. Pirates don't get all cranky and flip out and kill people who drop their spoons. They just laugh at them and then go back and kill them later. Pirates don't have to pay for ANYTHING. Ninjas don't ravage serving wenches. In fact, most are too insecure to even order a drink from a serving wench.