Bugmaster comments on SotW: Check Consequentialism - Less Wrong

38 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 March 2012 01:35AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 29 March 2012 02:21:03PM -1 points [-]

Are we talking about real pirates and ninjas, or fantasy pirates and ninjas?

Real pirates and ninjas. Fantasy pirates and ninjas are of course equally awesome, with the pirate persona perhaps having more potential for injecting individual charisma. Because a ninja who is complaining that the rum is gone just seems incompetent.

It is my position that any debate about ninjas vs pirates that is maintained must be about declaring the coolness of fictional pirate and ninjas. (Which is a perfectly respectable passtime!) Anyone who actually thinks real pirates aren't just ridiculously worse than ninjas is not thinking very well at all.

Comment author: Bugmaster 29 March 2012 11:16:39PM 2 points [-]

Why would real ninjas fight real pirates ? Isn't that the job for the Coast Guard, or the ancient Japanese equivalent thereof ?

Comment author: wedrifid 30 March 2012 03:06:07AM *  -2 points [-]

Why would real ninjas fight real pirates ?

Goatee envy. Pirates have much better goatees.

Isn't that the job for the Coast Guard, or the ancient Japanese equivalent thereof ?

And from what I understand the Japanese pirates were mostly a problem for China, not Japan.