Samurai are better than Pirates

Since Pro did not specify directly which areas we were debating whether or not Samurai were better than pirates I'm going to have to assume he meant in every reasonalbe aspect concievable. I will argue that pirates are superior to samurai for these following reasons 1. Pirates are far superior to Samurai due to the fact that they have had significantly more felt impact in the world we live in throughout history. Pirates have been around for nearly as long as the sea trade and have always been causing trouble around the globe whether it be in the Carribean, South America, North Africa, Somalia, the Indian Ocean, Eastern Asia, etc One infamous Pirate group, the Barbary Pirates are infamous for their actions and achievements From the 1500's to the 1700's the Barbary pirates raided and pillaged various towns and villages including, Ischia, Lipari, the Island of Gozo, Vieste, Bastia, Granada, Baltimore, and hundreds of other such villages and towns all over Portugal, Spain, and the Italian Peninsual After the U. S. gained their independence from England, U. S. shipping became frequently attacked by these pirates. The problem got so urgent that the U. S. ended using a large percentage of their expenditures on paying the Barbary pirates off, and that's where we get to the U. S. Navy. The United States Navy is the most powerful navy in the world and the most powerful navy in the history of mankind. The reason the U. S. Navy was initially created was to specifically eliminate the pirate threat. The birth of one of the most poweful military forces ever known, was due to pirates. . http://www.columbia.edu... Francis Drake, a pirate, undermined the Spanish Empire while the Spanish Empire was colonizing the Carribean and South America and extracting large amounts of gold and silver. Francis Drake plundered a number of Spanish merchant vessels making off with large sums of money that kings dream of possesing. During his escapades he was able to become one of the first men to circumnavigate the globe after Magellan. After returning to England with his treasures he was knighted Sir Francis Drage Sir Francis Drake then gained the rank of Admiral under Queen Elizabeth and aided his country in the destruction of the Spanish Armada, the most powerful navy at the time in arguably the most important naval battle in history. . http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk... I ask Pro to name a Samurai whose accomplishments are equal or greater. Pirates are still around today in Somalia and still affect the world more so than Samurai. Pirates in Somalia frequently capture small ships and yachts and occasionally large freighters of oil and in one instance several Russian built tanks. For futher examples here is a list of all of the ships pirates have had confrontations with. . http://en.wikipedia.org... Pirates were found around the globe back then and are found around the globe now while Samurai were only in Japan. .. hundreds of years ago. 2. Pirates managed to survive the test of time and still exist to this day while Samurai do not. Pirates are still around today and are still very active. Samurai no longer exist. 3. Pirates can beat Samurai in a physical confrontation. Throughout history pirates have been a serious threat to trade on the high seas. Countries of the world have realized this and have repeatedly sent navies and armies out to quash this threat. Since then several battles battles have erupted between proffesional naval forces of powerful and wealthy nations, and pirates. In Edward Teach's (Blackbeard's) Final battle with Lieutenant Maynard, 5-6 pirates were killed or wounded including BlackBeard while as many as 20 British seaman were killed or wounded. Pirates killed and wounded proffessional soldiers of a the world's superpower at the time multiple times over. . http://books.google.com... Pirates managed to go toe to toe with proffesional modern armies and inflict considerable casualties on them. This is not a feat accomplished by the Samurai who had even casualties with other samurai armies, not armies that were more advanced in terms of training, tactics and weaponry. Pirates today are armed with automatic weapons, anti-tank rockets, rifles, semi-automatic pistols, etc. Pirates throughout history have been frequently armed with pistols, rifles, cannons, bluderbusses, sabres, cutlasses, and now more modern weapons used by modern military forces. Samurai throughout history have been armed usually with swords, spears, bows and arrows, and sometimes, primitive rifles such as wheellock and matchlock muskets. If you were to take 1000 pirates, and arm them with every widely used weapon they were armed with from their rise during the Renaissance up to now in 2011 and match them up against 1000+ Samurai armed with every widely used weapon the Samurai have been equipped with from their creation to their end, the Pirates, with their superior firepower due to their possesion of several Machine guns, assault rifles, anti-tank rockets, rifles, and various other fire arms from the Renaissance to now alone would be more than enough to outmatch the Samurai with the various weapons they were equipped with despite their training and discipline. History proves that the side with superior technology regarding weaponry, often, if not always inflicts higher casualties on their enemy. The Pirates are largely equipped with firearms and heavy weapons as well as modern machine guns. The Samurai are equipped with traditional Samurai weaponry. The Pirates would obviously win. In just about every reasonable aspect concievable, Pirates are better than Samurai