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Am I Ninja Or Am I Pirate? A Peer Review.

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STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

16:37 / 13.05.02

And why would you keep your identity a secret unless you were embarrassed? Nay, a-fucking-shamed to be a ninja. Whereas pirates, on the other hand, have no qualms about telling people who they are. Loudly. And repeatedly. Cos the listener's either gonna end up as crew or victim, or possibly pirate-friendly rum-brewer who they visit from time to time.

pointless and uncalled for

16:40 / 13.05.02

Nick, it is widely accepted that the criteria for ninja weaponry was that it could be easily fashioned from household or agricultural implements. If I'm not much mistaken the sword of a ninja was called a ninjata and was often crude in formation. It usually consisted of a thin metal item beaten into a blade shape and had it's wooden handle bound to it and sheathed in blackened bamboo. Given that metal was not a common resource for peasants and the weaponry needed to be created in secret the swords often turned out light and brittle from fast contruction.

16:42 / 13.05.02

YAAAAAAAAARRR! pirates have no need of idle talk. put your ale to your lips, man, and join the piratey rabble!

We're The Great Old Ones Now

16:54 / 13.05.02

Potus - widely accepted does not equal 'true'. And actually, as I say, there seems to be considerable debate about what consituted a ninjato. Words like Shinobigatana also get thrown around a lot. Straight, curved, more or less like a katana. I think a ninjato was pretty much anything sword-like carried by anyone ninja-ish.

http://www.ninjutsu.de/erlangen/ninpo/english/ewhatwea.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A575642

http://www.geocities.com/remipulwer/Budo/Sword/SwordsofBujin.html

16:56 / 13.05.02

witness a man and his google-obsession in action

pointless and uncalled for

17:06 / 13.05.02

I know that widely accepted doesn't = true and thus why I used that phrase.

Asked a friend about different design and they are of the somewhat educated opinion that it wasn't uniform due to prevailing circumstances and often came down to a combination of ease of construction, available materials and personal preference. They also think that the common depiction of straight comes from the fact that a short, straight blade would be the easiest to conceal.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

17:10 / 13.05.02

Shut up and drink your grog.
'sall.

The Return Of Rothkoid

17:15 / 13.05.02

I think this debating is proof that ninjas spend too much time pontificating to have any of that "real ultimate power" shite they keep on about. They can't even find common ground on weaponry.

Pirates, however, just beat you with the closest thing to hand. Or hook.

We're The Great Old Ones Now

17:15 / 13.05.02

There's so much of it. The real difficulty with this one is that most of it's nonsense. And most of the sites acknowledge this and then go on to give you their own version of the same nonense.

Cool...

This reflects something I kinda already knew, which is that, if there's one field of Martial Arts history which is more confused, drivel-driven, and utterly vacuous than the rest of that area, it's the history of the art which may or may not have been practiced by a group which may or may not have existed, who may or may not have been called nin-sha (in the Chinese pronunciation of the characters used to write the Japanese Shinobi-no- mono - stealthy person).

17:35 / 13.05.02

Here, ninja, see? NInja! (hiss hiss hissss)

17:36 / 13.05.02

Its a pirate pretending to be a ninja.

uncle retrospective

17:39 / 13.05.02

Ok your name here what does this mean?

Uncle Retrospective: Eva

Eh? What?

Keep this sort of thing up and I'll show you why people fear my Ninja bitch slap.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

17:41 / 13.05.02

If you mean Ninja sword, just say Ninja sword. Nobody can argue with that.

17:53 / 13.05.02

Ok your name here what does this mean?

Just look at you, really. And *cough* your timing.

20:29 / 13.05.02

"Ninja-to" literally means "ninja-sword" -- a "to" is a sword.
A friend of mine, a Japanese girl from Guadalajara, once transcribed my name into Japanese. Gu Ran To. Chaos Civil War Sword.

uncle retrospective

18:46 / 14.05.02

Ok your name here what does this mean?

Just look at you, really. And *cough* your timing.

Em I seem to be feeling stupid.
What are you talking about man?

And I have perfect timing.
Ask anyone.
MC Bring me that Ninja Sword. This is going to take more than a bitch slap. Ninja or not.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

18:49 / 14.05.02

A friend of mine... once transcribed my name into Japanese. Gu Ran To. Chaos Civil War Sword.

New name generator. Now.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

18:54 / 14.05.02

Ahah. Now all I, Morudentsu Karunibaru, need is a translation.

We're The Great Old Ones Now

12:42 / 15.05.02

No place left to hide...

Pirates on trial...

03:49 / 16.05.02

Read that post, uncle. You're huge, itching for a fight, and no matter when you show up you're kicking ass and having it done. Eva, 'cause you're in the right place and you rock the other giant robots... The scrolls, you see, state it all so clearly.

05:54 / 16.05.02

My Ninja name is Fu fuoru. Though I prefer just Fu.

See, Morudentsu Karunibaru San your name is just converted to Katakana, which are japanese letters for english words. Its not proper translation, just made into engrish so Japanese can say them.

Konichi wa.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

18:15 / 16.05.02

Yeah, but that's what grant's mate did, and then translated each bit of the name. And he got something really cool, so now I want a really cool translation too.

Molly Shortcake

03:09 / 27.05.02

I am certainly a Ninja. I need not take your silly test. I am trained in the ways of Ninja magic.

Growing up I admired all the ninjas I knew, Joe Mushashi AKA Shinobi, Ryu Hyabusa AKA Ninja Gaiden, Strider, Solid Snake, Batman, Tenchu...

During "ghost" (a game played with my friends) while I was the ghost with a towel wrapped around my head so I couldn't see or hear (and barely breath) I would snatch assailants on pure instinct, wrestle them to the ground and guess their identity correctly - now they were the ghost - within ten seconds. Just like a ninja they said. Just like a ninja.

I practiced the ninja death touch I saw in Batman the animated adventures for weeks until the skill was perfected.

I had a server position at a huge restaraunt. The cooks had to call out our orders from three different stations. Another server was hired with the same name. I was not pleased. My name was changed in the computer to NINJA.

"NINJA, YOU'RE UP!"

"NINJA, I NEED YOU AT SALAD!"

"SEAT, NINJA."

The customers were confused. "Is that really your name" they asked. "NO" I told them. And explained the story.

I read a book by a Pirate named Hakim Bey. It was called the "Temporary Autonomous Zone". His pirate philosphy is just an excuse to justify sex with male children.

Pirates beware, ninjas are EVERYWHERE.

15:08 / 29.05.02

Kegboy, Maominstoat, Trijhaos, Tetzcatlipoca, Bizunth clearly deck-swabbing, pantaloon-wearing, watered-down-booze-drinking, press-ganging, flag-waving, ship's captains. Obviously.

Mordant, Persephone, Sleaze, the Fool, Paleface night-blending, shuriken-throwing, identity-concealing, black-wearing, burger-cooking neck-breaking, widow-making, disciples of Kwon the Avenger. Clearly.

Evas are huge robot death bucket suits driven by young kids to fight a demon threat to a quasi-futuristic Tokyo in a fantastic bit of manga. Neither criminally piratical nor a bit ninj, but very cool none the less.

Apologies for any names spelt wrong please don't keelhaul/stealthily assassinate. Cheers.

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