To refuse to send my child to a pirate party

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A nursery friend of my 4 yo DS is having a pirate themed birthday party. I’m planning to decline the invite as I don’t think it’s appropriate for little children, or anyone for that matter, to dress up as a pirate - it’s glorifying and sentimentalising criminal men who raped, robbed and murdered.

FFS, piracy used to carry the death penalty until recently! You wouldn’t let your child go to a Nazi themed party - I can’t see much difference!

talk like a pirate day must bring on a meltdown for the op

WHY is there no pirate smiley?????

I came for the responses...they haven’t let me down

I have heard it all now.

I went to pirate parties when I was little. So far neither me or my friends have forged a career out of raping and pillaging.

🎶I am a a Pirate King ! 🎶

Better demonstrate outside all those amateur operetta productIons of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, then. Though come to think of it , there’s a highly questionable relationship between Frederic, the young lead and his former , much older nursemaid so eek, safeguarding , nothing is beyond revisionist analysis.....

My DS’s have been to pirate parties and I have hosted one for DS1, says a lot about me as a mother, no doubt! They are 18 & 16 now, and seem to be unscathed 🤣 no robbing and decent people, let kids be kids I say.

@itwasalovelydreamwhileitlasted - properly laughing at your post. Storm troopers!!!

squeekums You're rrright, arrrr. We need a pirate smiley! MNHQ - parlay with us for a pirate smiley or we'll make you walk the plank.

Though come to think of it , there’s a highly questionable relationship between Frederic, the young lead and his former , much older nursemaid

Let’s face it, G&S has several relationships where you look at it and think “how on, how do the ages work here”. Fred is pretty much the only one you know how old he is! 😁

Sure, best keep your TV pin locked too, just in case DC want to watch Swashbuckle on CBeebies...

I’m sensing the OP has had an unpleasant experience involving pirates

I sympathise, OP. I hate pirate themes.

I may well end up letting my children go anyway - maybe dressed as a parrot?! - but I have a while to ponder this, since DD is only one

What a fantastic classic HQ response!

That would be in spite of, not because of, your actions. Who knows what kids are picking up by having a laugh and joke with a fake plastic cutlasses, pretending to kill each other!
Personally I don’t find killing people a very funny or light-hearted matter, especially for pre-school kids! Future generations will judge us

ok, WHERE do you get your LSD from
Your getting some high grade stuff!

Somebody’s wide aWOKE 🤣

Did the OP watch the piracy bit before a DVD and get confused.

OP, this party really ISN'T like stealing a handbag!

You arrrrrrrrrgh being unreasonable.

Not read many other comments so I apologise if this has been done.

Seasonalanxiety
I'm crying laughing at your link.

I mean... you definitely shouldn’t go... but not for any of the reasons you’ve stated!

parlay with us for a pirate smiley or we'll make you walk the plank

cutlass drawn and ready.......

Don't you have anyone in real life who would say to you "don't be a twat" ?

God love your poor innocent first born heart.

In 3 years i went from "I will not glorify murder by giving my son a gun to play with" to a toy box marked "weapons".

Pirates have had the disney magic bestowed upon them, and if they were once dastardly, they aren't now.
Do you feel the same about knights, or soldiers or any other characters from historical conflict? Is Peter Pan a kidnapper and paedophile?

Get a grip..

Is Peter Pan a kidnapper and paedophile?

Captain Hook is dodgy as fuck though, with the whole wanting Wendy as his bride thing.

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Ffs.