In honour of the new emoticon, I'll raise another old question.

or ?

The ninja just stands there.

It's a fake. The real ninja is sneaking up on the unsuspecting pirate.

Sounds like the right place for it.

Moved.

I'm doing a write-in.
My vote is for shrubbers.

well obviously ninjas would win since pirates are bumbling idiots. The ninjas would be blowing the powder kegs before the pirates even knew they were on board.

I'm thinking a Navy SEAL team would kick both their asses. And then possibly write a book.

...Do the seals have a smiley?
...Does the ninja smiley move?
...Does the pirate?

I say, vote arrrr.

There we go. Seal emoticon.

This poll sounds to me like: "Which emoticon is best?" in which case, quite clearly the pirate is superior. He even looks pseudo 3D.
Thanks very much Vox, you did a great job, though I have no idea when I would ever use it (sensibly lol)

If the question is: "Who would win virtually any contest, a pirate or a ninja" the answer is obviously ninja.

The pirate emoticon wins. I think. Or do ninjas win? I'm confused, again...Why do we have to choose?!?!? can't we all just live together, happy and peaceful like, or happy and drunk in the case of pirates?

*rambles off mumbling*