Bad Pirates, Good Pirates...

A colleague reports the following:

I was watching Sky News this morning, following the progress of their phone-in poll, "Should the pirates off the Somalian coast be killed?" Almost 98 percent of their viewers responded, "Yes."

What caught my attention, however, was the rationale of one viewer. "These pirates are not Johnny Depp. They give pirates a bad name."

In the spirit of this incisive analysis --- which is far more important than the news, say, that the Somalian Government is about to collapse as insurgents advance on the capital --- we offer the following as examples of Good Pirates (any additions most welcome):

The Pittsburgh Pirates, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, Orlando Pirates, Radio Caroline, The Pirates of Penzance, and of course....

[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7XIIO-fyUEw[/youtube]

Comments

[Phil P]

Reminded me of...

http://www.piratesandemperors.com/

Also, this Chomsky interview:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=676452061991429040

[Mike Dunn]

Not sure I should write this what with Bristol City being my 'English team', but how about Bristol Rovers? Maybe not Good Pirates, but at least Mediocre Pirates:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Rovers

Also, who in their right mind doesn't like International Talk Like A Pirate Day?:
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

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