Bad, very bad pirates!

Okay pirates are popular at our house. My sons have read about them, pretended to be them, chosen their Halloween outfits based on them, and of course we have all seen the movies about them. My interest in pirates is purely historical and purely "Disneylandical". Yes, I am completely nuts about The Pirates of the Carribbean at Disneyland, especially the original version. My boys can say "Arrrrgh!" with the best of them. I even like Johnny Depp's very fun version of pirates. Well, the news brought the new millenium pirates to the forefront. Our family's version of pirates did not include AK47 and rocket launchers on river cruise ships filled with regular people on an adventure. These are very bad pirates and it makes it really hard to explain my little fourth graders about the piracy of the 1500's between the English, Pourtugese and Spanish. I like romanticizing my world to a wonderful place. I only wish the pirates of today could be a little more romanticized and a lot less terrorized. Bad pirates! Very naughty pirates.