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Pin your colours to the mast in the greatest debate of all time and prepare to do battle. Who would (and indeed will) win?!?!

HEALTH WARNING: THE NINJAS vs PIRATES DEBATE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GO ON FOR YEARS AND HAS COST MANY LIVES AS PEOPLE GET SO CAUGHT UP THEY FORGET TO EAT!

YOU hAVE BEEN WARNED

not the ol pirates vs ninjas debate again . .

pirates rule, because ninjas have never had their own songs

Pirates for he following reasons.

1: the immage everyone has of ninja's is incorect. The art of ninjitsu is the art of stealth, no  diciple that uses even a katana, nor do they have the ability to fly, flip or leap like in films, thats all fake

2: The word ninja actualy came around in the 1st world war and was used by american soldiers

3: ninja's where stinky, poor peasants, pirates where stinky ich folk, see the advantage

4: most of the hisorical folk called ninja where either agents of the japanese rulers, or japaneese PIRATES

5. Pirates rule, we get gold, beer, wenches,ships and don't have to listen to rules

6: arghhhh

7: are you still reading this?

8: go on, get lost, it's finished

9: what would be awesome would be ninja piraes, oh wait

Don't forget, pirates have wenches

But you have to stand up for your beloved Ninjas surely?

Ninjas because their COOL
Pirates wear blouses like big girls

and ninja's wear pajama's all the time, which just says to me they can't be bothered to get dressed

(what am I saying, I do ninjitsu, so I'm voting against myself, though i wear a Gii not a damn, whats that word, ah pair of PJs)

ANGRY WHITE PAJAMAS, GGRRRR! Okay I did martial arts for six years but thats not the point...

Well swash my buckle so you are! loads of my live roleplaying mates are pirates and it has spilt over into real life LOL .They dress like them ,act like them ,talk like em and drink like them .
ALL THE TIME!

I voted ninjas, as I thought they needed help.
A Zombie Pirate Ninja owns all.
And also, I am willing to bet that 90% of us are computer pirates

I couldn't possibly comment on such illegal activities

we just need one more vote and it has

I think everyone voting for Pirates has never seen the game show Ninja Warrior.  I have not seen a game show involving Pirates.

It is ridiculously difficult.  Normally I would be on the side of Pirates but Ninjas need a boost here.

1)  Ninjas can look like anyone or anything.  Even Pirates!
2)  Ninjas can beat your a$$ with their bare hands, they don't need any mundane tools or guns.
3)  The reason Pirates live out at sea?  Fear of Ninjas!

If you want the 'Pirate' lifestyle, just go downtown and talk with a bum with rotting, falling out teeth.  Then come back here and say how cool it would be if you could hang out with 20 of bums with horrible rotting breath, bleeding gums all the time.  Oh and wenches?  That's only what they could afford when they put into port.  Most of the time, it was a right sausage fest, which I'm not surprised some of you voted Pirates.

Y'know. I usually don't get involved in these kinds of debates, but since Mark responded, I feel I need to clarify something about ninjas.
.. they suck.. and here's a story why.. it's long.. so bare with me.

A mutual friend of ours (we'll call him Jay.. for argument's sake) was in love with ninjas. Like - he wanted to be a ninja, and he even wore a ninja mask because he was THAT cool. He was in the park one day, and this topless guy came out of the Junction Creek, and he had a ninja-to and was using it to cut through the ferns.
Jay was immediately interested, and inquired if the man was indeed a ninja (which is a common mistake to make when you're 8 years old.. because ANYONE with a ninja weapon must indeed be a ninja). The man responded by agreeing with the young boy, and then asked him if he wanted to see his other ninja weapons at his house (oh no little Jay!!).
Jay eagerly agreed and they both headed over to the ninja's house. It was there he saw a dingy place not far from the park, and a woman (which we can all agree was probably addicted to some sort of substance) was lounging around in her underwear chronically smoking away. The man introduced Little Jay to his girlfriend, and went to his wall displaying his many different weapons.
It was then there was a knock at the door. Little Jay's dad had followed them there, and when he opened the door, Little Jay's dead punched the ninja in the face. His dad (though drunk.. not unlike most pirates) was pretty pissed off, and when they left, Jay also got the spanking of his life.

Now, I'm not implying that all ninjas are diddlers. Hell, I'm not even making an example that a drunk pirate could beat up a ninja... I'm more commenting on how stupid it was for Little Jay, who loved ninjas, to go to some strange man's house. Even at 8 years old, I think we all knew better than to talk to strange men with ninja weapons and no shirts.

So, take the story as is, but I'm going to chalk this up to a point for the pirates and a definite knock to the ninjas.

Cheers!
T.

crazy story

i forgot to mention my grandma did one of those find your family tree things, and it turns out im actually related to a pirate, a captain john coxon, who crossed panama on foot among other things which i cant remember at the moment.

some more stuff about him

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coxon_(pirate)

also pirates who lose limbs get cool replacents, what do ninjas get?

Wow Taylor.  That was one long, rambling story that had no bearing on Pirates or Ninjas.  It did however burn Jay, so that adds weight to it.  Still;  that was no ninja.  That was a pedophile.

If you think losing a limb is cool, ask taylor.  Fun stuff.

hah hah. Jay burns rule. And losing digits or limbs is totally not cool.. you can replace them with hooks n' shit, but you're going to need a good supply of penicillin to fight off the infection that ensues.

Well, theres only one way to stop all this squabbling....

NINJA PIRATES!!!

no, ninja's don't have katanas, that was japaneese assasins

and ninja pirates are less coll than real pirates, you can't do flips on a ship.