George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
Rumors about George spread across the Carribean.
“George is nice to women.”
“George treats captives so well, they don’t want to leave.”
“George pays retail price for things instead of looting and pillaging them.”
The Pirate Council came together to address these rumors.
“This is giving pirates a bad name,” said The Chairman. “We must do something before this catches on and ruins us all.”
But they were too late. The damage was done.
And across the world, pirates became polite and nice.
Almost as much as George was.