Yes, we should not only associate the word "pirate" with bad characters in the story; since, history also has some pirates that could be considered as Good Pirates; for example, Jean Lafitte, who was a pirate who helped the United States' war of independence: "although Lafitte started out as a smuggler and operated out of Barataria Bay in Louisiana." Later, when the United States needed his help in fighting England, he agreed to help General Andrew Jackson fight the British and defended New Orleans. With his heroic fighting he helped the United States in winning the war "