[golux]

For anyone who has read actual accounts of (the few) survivors of Pirate attacks, pirates aren’t, and will never be, “cool.”

[chajin]

For anyone who has read actual accounts of (the few) survivors of Pirate attacks, pirates aren’t, and will never be, “cool.”

True...

Which gave me a thought: I wonder if, 200-300 years from now, people will talk about, dress up like, name sports teams after, and make "swashbuckler" movies [or the 23rd-century movie equivalent] about today's gang cartels, the way we talk about, dress up like, name sports teams after, and make "swashbuckler" movies about the pirates of 200-300 years ago.

[cloudmountain]

For anyone who has read actual accounts of (the few) survivors of Pirate attacks, pirates aren’t, and will never be, “cool.”

They were young, angry, armed men who raped, pillaged, looted and burned.
Reminds me of Rodney King's merry band of marauders.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Yes, I can never quite get the fascination.

My son likes “Jake and the Neverland Pirates” - they are ALL supposed to be pirates, but “good” and “bad”.

I guess it’s OK - I thought pirates were pretty neat (not a huge fan), but in the end I knew the truth.

Actually, try looking up “myth of pirate”. No, you won’t see how horrible it is we make them cute and exciting for the kiddies. See how many blogs you get about how pirates were/are really just free spirits who were rebelling against unfair government, etc, by striking out on their own, etc. And the Somalian pirates are fighting “the Man” of Europe and America, somehow. I.e., evil white people are just getting theirs from these black Africans justifiably.