Pirate pride, ninja nay-saying
Thank you Chris for the great article, you can link to the article in its orignal context here.
Kristy in PA sent me this link, we have her to blame.
Pirate pride, ninja nay-saying
By Chris Holt
Opinions Columnist
Alright, that does it. I'm tired of these ceaseless "debates" that are nothing more than one group talking at the other, spewing venom without making any head way. Our campus has been in an uproar over this last week; things have been tenser than a Newsweek editors' meeting.
I'm talking, of course, about the annoying debate between the Ninjas and the Pirates. Last week was the beginning of Ninja Respect Month and also Pirate Pride Week, a scheduling conflict that is equivalent to hosting a presidential address the same night as the World Series.
Although The Daily reported about Ninja Pride Week, the Pirates were remarkably absent in the press. When I went to White Plaza, though, all I saw was Pro-Pirate demonstrations. The Pirates had planned a "Blackpearl Remembrance Day" that happened to coincide with Ninja Week. Both groups held rallies peacefully, but their sentiments were about as peaceful as an A's fan-base.
It all centers on what happened several decades ago. The Pirates and the Ninjas had an altercation that they to this day, are still fighting about. Something about a pirate wench they both claimed, I dunno. She's pretty old now, bruised and rough. But they are still fighting over her.
No, instead of flipping out and killing everyone as an unstoppable partnership that would leave robots, chickens, and robot chickens in fear, they remain divided.
Unfortunately, despite our progressive-minded university's best intentions, no one has curbed this hatred. While both groups speak of "pride" for their group and claim that they want "peace," such statements always preclude bashing the other group. Being pro-Ninja means that you condone Ninja killings of Pirates, or that you are Anti-Piratical. It's them or us. You can't show pride in being a Pirate or a Ninja without then saying how "the Ninjas are yellow-bellied bastards" or "the Pirates lack honor or good hygiene."
The rest of this article can be found here. at the Stanford Daily.
Kristy in PA sent me this link, we have her to blame.
Pirate pride, ninja nay-saying
By Chris Holt
Opinions Columnist
Alright, that does it. I'm tired of these ceaseless "debates" that are nothing more than one group talking at the other, spewing venom without making any head way. Our campus has been in an uproar over this last week; things have been tenser than a Newsweek editors' meeting.
I'm talking, of course, about the annoying debate between the Ninjas and the Pirates. Last week was the beginning of Ninja Respect Month and also Pirate Pride Week, a scheduling conflict that is equivalent to hosting a presidential address the same night as the World Series.
Although The Daily reported about Ninja Pride Week, the Pirates were remarkably absent in the press. When I went to White Plaza, though, all I saw was Pro-Pirate demonstrations. The Pirates had planned a "Blackpearl Remembrance Day" that happened to coincide with Ninja Week. Both groups held rallies peacefully, but their sentiments were about as peaceful as an A's fan-base.
It all centers on what happened several decades ago. The Pirates and the Ninjas had an altercation that they to this day, are still fighting about. Something about a pirate wench they both claimed, I dunno. She's pretty old now, bruised and rough. But they are still fighting over her.
No, instead of flipping out and killing everyone as an unstoppable partnership that would leave robots, chickens, and robot chickens in fear, they remain divided.
Unfortunately, despite our progressive-minded university's best intentions, no one has curbed this hatred. While both groups speak of "pride" for their group and claim that they want "peace," such statements always preclude bashing the other group. Being pro-Ninja means that you condone Ninja killings of Pirates, or that you are Anti-Piratical. It's them or us. You can't show pride in being a Pirate or a Ninja without then saying how "the Ninjas are yellow-bellied bastards" or "the Pirates lack honor or good hygiene."
The rest of this article can be found here. at the Stanford Daily.
posted by PANT | 12:39 PM
8 Comments:
Dude, totally dig what you're preaching. I was all "Ninja's are awesome" with my friend Kenny and he was all "Nah, man, Pirates are where it's AT" and now the only communication we have is the scrawled missives we leave with the blood of the dogs we nail to each other's treehouses. Most of the words we use are cuss-words too, so, you know, that's bad.
Although I found myself laughing at the absurdity, I had this constant nagging feeling I wasn't in on the whole joke, and that in reality everyone who was "in on" the joke was laughing at me for laughing while not being "in on it". Needless to say this has greatly disturbed me, and caused me to seek counseling. I'll just send you guys the bill to avoid the mess of a lawsuit. Thank you for your time.
This is really just the tip of a much larger, more vicious iceberg of ignorance. Pirates are nothing more than growling vessels of wrath. Ninjas are just elitist, silky tyrants of pain. We know these things. What we fail to recognize is that all of us are simply taking sides as a way to project our differences onto a more tangible, polarized conflict. By doing so we not only fan the flames of a nasty pirate-ninja dispute, we also push ourselves into an artificial conflict and perpetuate the virtual carnage.
This made me laugh. I love this post. By the way, I'm Pro-Pirate.
I would love to crawl around in this guys head for a while. Just think what he'd say if the teenage mutant ninja turtles went to neverland for a week..that would be fun to see
what the hell is this Ninja nad Pirate crap?
It's a great site
How did you decide on the dsign - how do you set up the hyml to get that layout. It's great.
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What's a pirate's favorite kind of socks?
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