Seriously, who ever heard of a pirate caring about his karma? Wouldn't the pillaging and murdering and rampant debauchery tend to put a pirate's karma solidly in the "bad" column? But then maybe that's why they drink all that rum, to drown out the knowledge that they'll never reach nirvana. Assuming there are any Buddhist pirates to begin with... ;)

(And thanks, now I have Culture Club in my head. Yikes.)