Or
"Sea of Thieves, not Sea of Cuddles"
I don't mind PVP. I don't seek it out, and I will roll over like an antelope caught in the jaws of a lion if somebody starts firing on me. It happens very rarely anyway. I mostly get attacked before I have left port.
However, i am tired of the whole "pirates attack other pirates, so that is what we are doing" thing. Why can't people just say "I want to ruin somebody's day" instead?
There is scant historical evidence that pirates would attack other pirates. In fact, most would go out of their way to avoid attacking other pirates. If you attacked other pirates, you were essentially attacking an incredibly well-armed ship, and you run the risk of losing a lot of your crew. It was much better to forge an alliance.
Although, I suppose maybe some pirates in this game could be described as 'modern muggers' i.e. looking for an easy target and running away at the smallest risk of a threat.
But yeah. The whole "pirates attacking pirates" didn't really happen. Not saying it didn't happen, but it was so incredibly rare. Stop using it as an excuse to attack others. Just be honest and say that your whole aim is to ruin somebody's day.
Also, as a side note, one of the reasons why I don't randomly attack somebody is because I have no idea what that person has gone through that day, or that week.
Their kid could have died. Their wife could have been diagnosed with cancer. They may have been conscripted. The last thing they really want is for me to hop on their boat, blasting grime music through my headset to the point of distortion, and then teabagging their corpse.