pirates are neither extinct nor cool.

The Flying Spaghetti Monster pages make "whimsical" arguments based on the "fact" that the population of pirates has decreased since the 18th century. Modern pop culture glorifies the pirate as well. However, pirates are not extinct and piracy is not cool. Pirates are, in fact, a large part of the reason it was difficult and dangerous to get humanitarian aid to victims of the tsunami. On a scale from 1 to "not cool", I presume most of us would lean closer to ranking that "not cool". Also not cool: mobsters, "gangstas", drug dealers, fornicators, accountants, bandits, gunmen. Still cool: smokers.