[NordP]

I believe we need to be changing the word "Pirates" to "Terrorists" - there's no Johnny Depp here...these people are dangerous and horrible.

There's NO ROMANCE here folks! Call it what it is -- TERRORISM !!!

[Westbrook]

> I believe we need to be changing the word “Pirates”
> to “Terrorists”

Exactly.

And to what religion do you suppose these terrorists adhere?

[Strategerist]

These guys have no particular political goal, simply the making of money.

Pirates were never romantic, really.

The appropriate term is pirates. If you start proclaiming EVERYTHING “terrorism” the word will lose its meaning.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> There’s NO ROMANCE here folks! Call it what it is — TERRORISM !!!

No, “terrorism” carries with it connotations of a radical political agenda. “Pirates” have no agenda greater than self-interest. “Pirates” would be the right word here.