I'm guessing you've never been persecuted, bullied, harrased, or oppressed in any form or way. Well, I speak from experience.
Is the WG evil?
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Guess it's true then: just because you are paranoid, doesnt mean they aren't out to get you…
Just what experience do you have? (should we take this in PM?)
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LOL! you want my life story?
& by the way, paranoia isn't the right word for me, since I have eliminated the emotion called 'fear' & I've learned to anticipate danger.
So I guess the correct medical term for me is general anxiety disorder
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Not evil per se, but the WG is definitely horribly corrupt, and those roots of corruption dig as deep as some of the top-ranking officers, I think. I believe they would have to, for such horrible things as the Ohara incident and how the tenryuusei treat people to go on.
Of course, there are many 'good' people in the World Government, such as Smoker, and many neutral as well, who actually do seek justice and not power and tyranny, but I believe that at some point, Luffy and his crew will end up revealing some horrible secret of the WG to the world, and those 'good' people will end up defecting just as Saul did.
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the way I see it it's pretty much like the matrix. They are in control. they have strange methods to do so. but they're not really bothering anyone.
I think the higher officials are defiantly corrupt and have ulterior intentions and are obviously hiding secrets which will destroy them if they are aver revealed. It's strange. They were evil in the past, they've become much more diluted now. The higher ups are pricks tho.
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Well…
Is the WG evil.The World Nobels are spoiled brats who are taught from the cradle that they are better than anyone else. It is rather extreme but not "evil" per se. Just how society works. In OP.
So what did the WG do so far?... ... ... The Ohara Incident can be explained in two ways.
a) They really really really shit their pants in face of the ancient weapons and only mean good. Even a guy like ao kiji "fell" for it.
b) If the "past" can bring the WG to its demise than the whole world would be in chaos. No more marines to babysit after you. No more marines being the police officers. Just chaos. CHAOS I TELL YOU!!
And a thing I want to remind everyone about: We do NOT know how the world looked like before the great pirate age which was sparked by gold roger. Maybe the world was at peace at the cost of freedom. Peace that was brought by the control of the WG.
Then it got out of hand. With more and more outlaws the forces of the WG were stretched thin. and they couldn't abhold peace (and/or oppression).
I guess what I am trying to say is:
Noone is evil for evils sake. And One Piece is one manga that really sticks to that concept. Everybody has a reason for being a douche. (even Spandam and his incredible egoism.) The WG has probably several reasons for being as it is and I think they try to do good.So, in My opinion, the WG is good.
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Well…
Is the WG evil.....
So, in My opinion, the WG is good.
Well, yeah, anybody who commits evil of their own free will believes they are doing good… and I really do like how this is made pretty obvious in most cases in One Piece.
However, I don't believe that a lot of the things the WG is doing are right (especially in recent chapters), and although they might all be doing them with pure intent, that doesn't change that their actions are evil, in my mind.
You make an interesting point, though.
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Well the worst kind of villian is the kind who believes they are a hero… It gives them the belief that what they do can never be wrong, so they'll do what they like and get away with it. Which pretty much sums up the WG.
But I still say their not evil, just extreme...
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I think it is like most things in the world. Where there is light there will also be shadows. So I guess there are two sides of the coin to it. So far we have seen the rather offensive side of the World Goverment. The things I noticed so far are:
The Buster Call on Ohara instead of talking to the scholars and telling them the truth why they hid it… seems to hint quite a bit that they seriously messed things up in the past.
The way they blamed the strawhats for the destruction of Enies Lobby trying to hide the fact that they used the Buster Call and that they allowed a crazed idiot to have the power of launching one
Not supporting countries like Alabasta or Drum when they were in need (Drum regarding the Blackbeard invasion)
Turning a blind eye on the slavery.
Regarding the shichibukai, I don't think it is morally wrong. It was just a good tactic decision. After all... Moria took out quite alot of Pirates comming to Thriller Bark and Crocodile (if you ignore his plans for a second) took care of quite alot of them aswell.
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In my opinion the WG is both good and evil just like anyone else in the world.
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I dont think the WG is evil, if u compare the WG and Governments in the real world, than u'll see they have some common aspects,
WG hides their secrets, no matter what the cost
same in the real world, we dont know how they do it, fact is they did itCP9, u can compare it with CIA ( or other agencies, CIA is well known)
they have license to kill ppl, if ppl are dangerous for the contry, state, secrets etc.corruption, yap, u can find it everywhere, in our world
a lot of ppl are greedy, they want power, money, fam etcthere're a lot more aspects
i think ppl need a government, the problem is politicians/leader are interested in their physical well-being
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Trouble is, even the nicest of intentions doesn't say sweet for long. I'd like to see WG then (800 years ago) and now just to see if things got better or worst.
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Yes the World Government is Evil!!
Do you people not read One Piece? -
Apparently you need to reread it.
Not everything they do is truly evil (not yet anyway).
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If anything, right now they are very corrupt. Evil? Well, to the common person they usually aren't so. However, they have some very corrupt people in high places with a lot of power. But like I said, to the common man they are pretty good.
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The WG have good intentions but try to accomplish them in a way too harsh way. Their ways are sinister and morally wrong. They are trying to make world peace by avoiding a war, which is okay, but what they really don't want is the winner of the war creating an empire bigger than theirs. Someone with the status "Pirate King" is damaging to their control of the world.
Basically, the WG want all the power to decide what happens in the world. They won the war 800 years ago and have tried to avoid wars ever since.
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I'm really surprised you guys are forgetting something….Don't you recall that there is a certain man introduced in the series, very small hints made about him?
I'm sure you must if you've been reading One Piece. I'm talking about Dragon, the most "feared" by the World Government, the one leading "the Rebellion". I, at least, see a very highly possible course for the plot to take, don't you?
The man is Luffy's father, well-respected and so forth. Where do you think the story will lead us? Have you thought about this at all?
-Dakuen
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I suppose because we were thinking about if the World Government is evil or not. Or am I just missing something?
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WG is extremely evil. Don't you see? They are obviously the one who hid One Piece all this time.
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@Dakuen:
I'm really surprised you guys are forgetting something….Don't you recall that there is a certain man introduced in the series, very small hints made about him?
I'm sure you must if you've been reading One Piece. I'm talking about Dragon, the most "feared" by the World Government, the one leading "the Rebellion". I, at least, see a very highly possible course for the plot to take, don't you?
The man is Luffy's father, well-respected and so forth. Where do you think the story will lead us? Have you thought about this at all?
-Dakuen
We don't know if Dragon is evil or not he could be worst then them.
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I have to say that I find it funny that people believe the WG is full of good intentions (as if intentions matter). Afterall what are the WG intentions, have you guys ever stoped and considered that? Well let me outline it for you:
1. Stop Piracy by pirates other then those controled by the WG.
2. Prevent people from knowing about the true history, and eliminating all those who try to know the true history.
3. Prevent anybody else besides the WG from obtaining the ancient weapons, as well as obtaining those weapons for itself.
4. Put an end to Dragon's Rebellion.
5. Promote their idea of "justice."I think that's pretty much it, I can't recall anything else being stated as there intentions. That said none of these can actually be considered a good intention. Trying to stop others from commiting piracy while commiting it yourself is hardly a good intention. Same goes for stoping others from having the "weapons" while trying to obtain "weapons" themselves. Also preventing
people from knowing the true history, how can this be considered good? Isn't it better for people to know a horible truth then to go on pretending it never happened. As far as Dragon's Rebellion goes, we haven't seen them in action enough to determine whether they are good or not, but if all we have to judge from is that they oppose the WG, then I think the Rebellions intentions are probably good - although that can't be used to determine the WG intentions so this one is undeterminable. Finally the idea to promote "justice" is something that all governments care about, but the flaw has always been that question: "What is justice?" In the end, looking at all of the WG intentions we can determine that there intentions are not good as well as that they are not good. -
I have to say that I find it funny that people believe the WG is full of good intentions (as if intentions matter). Afterall what are the WG intentions, have you guys ever stoped and considered that? Well let me outline it for you:
1. Stop Piracy by pirates other then those controled by the WG.
2. Prevent people from knowing about the true history, and eliminating all those who try to know the true history.
3. Prevent anybody else besides the WG from obtaining the ancient weapons, as well as obtaining those weapons for itself.
4. Put an end to Dragon's Rebellion.
5. Promote their idea of "justice."I think that's pretty much it, I can't recall anything else being stated as there intentions. That said none of these can actually be considered a good intention. Trying to stop others from commiting piracy while commiting it yourself is hardly a good intention. Same goes for stoping others from having the "weapons" while trying to obtain "weapons" themselves. Also preventing
people from knowing the true history, how can this be considered good? Isn't it better for people to know a horible truth then to go on pretending it never happened. As far as Dragon's Rebellion goes, we haven't seen them in action enough to determine whether they are good or not, but if all we have to judge from is that they oppose the WG, then I think the Rebellions intentions are probably good - although that can't be used to determine the WG intentions so this one is undeterminable. Finally the idea to promote "justice" is something that all governments care about, but the flaw has always been that question: "What is justice?" In the end, looking at all of the WG intentions we can determine that there intentions are not good as well as that they are not good.ThunderEarthFire: That's because we can see the source of the information for what it is. Angled from a criminals point of view.
Luffy even says it himself when Aokiji helps Tonjit:
Luffy: "Don't listen to him, he is a marine."
Tonjit:"why?"
Luffy: "Oh yeah right, the marines are usually the good guys."We aren't saying that the WG is good we are saying that there is a possibility the WG is good depending on why they are doing all of this. If they do it to prevent the destruction of the world I would say they are ultimetly on the good side.
All those points can be defended by "doing it for the greater good of mankind".
And you are confusing the means as to which they intend to complete their goals with the goals themselves. They do not want the shichibukai, but they enlist their help (in exchange for going easier on them) to crush other pirates, because they can't take care of all of the pirates themselves. It's a balance act.
They have an ends justify the means type of policy but that doesn't make them evil if they think they do it for the sake of mankind, just immoral.
Your third point is just outright stupid, I don't even know what to say to that. Ofc you don't want anyone to get a hold of a strong weapon wether you are good or bad. At the same time it would be tactically moronic not to get a hold of that weapon if you could.
The only remotly valid point you got is 2. But even that could become uncertain depending on what secrets lie in the void century.
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The WG functions under "if the end justifies the means" mentality.
So it "evilness" depends on weather or not you agree with this or not.And if you think that the WG is evil, then the US government must be the Devil.
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All governments in the world try to cover up, an event were known enemy saves a them from one of their allies. It's the mass medias job to expose such sneaky tactics. But i haven't seen any media in OP so far?
Far more suspious is W.G.'s atempts to hide the truth of how it was founded. And a nobility, which are normaly belongs to a royalistic contry. I guess that the nobels are the desendants, of thepeople how was victoryous in the war before the W.G. was created.
As for slaves most of the welthy contry's in our world have a history with slavory / war slaves or something like that.
But I still guess that the brith of W.G. involes some kind of dirty secret involving thier nobilety. And the actions in keeping people (like Nico Robin) from diging to far, will be cruel and merciless. Doesn't mean they are evil tough.
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All governments in the world try to cover up, an event were known enemy saves a them from one of their allies. It's the mass medias job to expose such sneaky tactics. But i haven't seen any media in OP so far?
Far more suspious is W.G.'s atempts to hide the truth of how it was founded. And a nobility, which are normaly belongs to a royalistic contry. I guess that the nobels are the desendants, of thepeople how was victoryous in the war before the W.G. was created.
As for slaves most of the welthy contry's in our world have a history with slavory / war slaves or something like that.
But I still guess that the brith of W.G. involes some kind of dirty secret involving thier nobilety. And the actions in keeping people (like Nico Robin) from diging to far, will be cruel and merciless. Doesn't mean they are evil tough.
Given that the World Government has a "council of kings" (that Wapol used to belong to and that Cobra as far as we know still does) I assume that a lot if not most of the countries belonging to the WG are monarchies
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Apparently you need to reread it.
Not everything they do is truly evil (not yet anyway).
Oh I don't know, Ohara incident comes to feakin mind!:getlost:
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I think Thunderearthfire's first point was valid.
The fact that only authorized policy is allowed means that the world government allows piracy to happen. Meaning that the shikibukai can attack and pillage any island of civilians on the grandline if they want to. I believe they called it liberating the islands or something. So, obviously the point about shikibukai stands.
They also have a high tendancy to give orders that involve leaving no survivors. I. E. Buster calls and the order given to kuma. Mass killing is normally considered evil if I recall correctly.
The fact remains that the world government is an organization not a person and thus it can't really be called evil. Evil actions are carried out or ordered by people. So more accurately, the world government is run by evil people.
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They also have a high tendancy to give orders that involve leaving no survivors. I. E. Buster calls and the order given to kuma. Mass killing is normally considered evil if I recall correctly.
Everyone that wages war is evil. America sucks!
Untill you know what they are protecting the world from, can you really decide if they are evil? they are weighing the lives of thos that die there against what may happen if they don't and make the judgment call that it is worth sacrificing those innocents for.
Untill you know that it is that may happen you can only acuse the WG of being evil but you can't say for sure that they are. It's all from a point of view.The fact that only authorized policy is allowed means that the world government allows piracy to happen. Meaning that the shikibukai can attack and pillage any island of civilians on the grandline if they want to. I believe they called it liberating the islands or something. So, obviously the point about shikibukai stands.
Depends. how much damage does 7 pirates cause? How much damage would the hundereds that the shichibukai has crushed have caused? If the hundereds uncontrolled pirates are more destructive then the 7 semi controlled ones then I say keep the seven.
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The way the manga reads to me.
WG (and powers under them) bad men. Pirates Good guys (Most). Dragon good guy, labeled bad man by evil WG.
WG bad.
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When you say most of the pirates are good guys…..I can only think of the SH pirates.......otherwise no good pirates come to mind at the moment.....Rumbar?
Lets see....Buggy, Kuro, Krieg and Arlong were all bad guys. Baroque Works was full of bad guys. The Pirates at Mock Town weren't very nice. Oh, the Saruyama Alliance, they seemed pretty good.....to the SH. I think they were OK. Foxy? Well, he hurt an old man or something, right?
So far, it's not looking good.
However, as people have said the World Gov. are extremely scarred of the Ancient Weapons and Revolutionaries. In the wrong hands, the Ancient Weapons would bring nations to their knees. At least, that's what they make them out to be. Imagine if someone like Crocodile had obtained Pluton. He would have a very strong military state. So they have gone extreme in their way of keeping people from getting it, even to the lengths of killing an island full of people(an evil act) and labeling anyone who can read the ancient inscriptions as criminals.
Good intentions, but over the years at least, they have become very corrupt. Still, to the common person they are pretty helpful.
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Oh I don't know, Ohara incident comes to feakin mind!:getlost:
Like I mentioned earlier, the Ohara incident can be justified by using a longer term perspective. By wiping out the knowledge of Ohara, the World Government stopped the researchers from making propagating knowledge of the forbidden weapons. So, by destroying one island, they potentially saved the thousands that would have been wiped out if Buggy or Crocodile got their hands on that kind of firepower.
Killing some to save the many is cold hearted, but can't really be considered evil. Sure the sinking of the refugee ships was unnecessary overkill, but that was ordered by Akainu and we have no evidence that it was officially condoned by the top brass.
@thepuregamer:They also have a high tendancy to give orders that involve leaving no survivors. I. E. Buster calls and the order given to kuma. Mass killing is normally considered evil if I recall correctly.
Kuma was ordered to kill a bunch of Pirates. How is fighting crime evil? Also the only Buster Call that allowed for no survivors was Ohara, and like I just said, the blame for that lies mostly on Akainu and not the WG at large.
@Jinbei:The way the manga reads to me.
WG (and powers under them) bad men. Pirates Good guys (Most). Dragon good guy, labeled bad man by evil WG.
WG bad.
That's a very simplistic view of morality, Jinbei. I'm not sure how you could argue that the likes of the 9 rookies are "Good guys." Not to mention buggy, krieg, arlong, kuro, Blackbeard, Crocodile, Foxy, and all their assorted underlings. These "Good guys" make their living robbing people and earned their bounties by killing civilians. That's seems "good" to you?
As far as Dragon is concerned, the one island in which we've seen him in control was a war strewn wasteland in South Blue. On the other hand, the countries under the World Government dominion are generally peaceful places. So considering that Dragon brings war while the WG maintains peace, don't you think it is arguable that the WG places a higher priority on the "public good" than Dragon does?
The world is a more complicated place than simply having "good guys" and "bad guys." One Piece reflects that, for which I am grateful.
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Oh I don't know, Ohara incident comes to feakin mind!:getlost:
They did it with that "if the end justifies the means" mentality.
It's just like America intentionally dropping the atom bombs directly on the civilians of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
see?
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When you say most of the pirates are good guys…..I can only think of the SH pirates.......otherwise no good pirates come to mind at the moment.....Rumbar?
zeff? shanks? shakky? foxy? (well Foxy wasn't exactly evil.. we don't know if he committed any acts of piracy, he just won pirates in the DBF) the usopp pirates? Hiruliek(sp?)? Ace? Rolling pirates?
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Pirates are "bad" for the most part because they pirate. That's why everyone is always surprised when Luffy's team acts good.
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I really wonder about this sometimes….It seems almost likely to me that you have to consider that this is a manga. And this manga, unlike what some of you other people are saying, does not somehow strictly represent reality. Real pirates, as far as I know, in terms of history were not dashing or heroic for the most part. In fact, they were usually the opposite. I realize that there have been many pirates in One Piece that behave in the way of self-interest and destruction but it seems like certain pirate crews have some other reasons for existence. And what is remarkably different in the manga than in real life I think is the fact that some of these pirates are the most prominent ones. While pirates like Arlong, Don Krieg, seemingly all the Shichibukai are seen as doing bad things, notice that Whitebeard and his men, Shanks and his men (Two of the biggest pirate crews, the Yonkou) are apparently honorable and decent men. And for that matter, Gold Roger seems to be the same way. Smoker admired the damned man....(I just mean that Smoker, as representative as any of the marines, admiring the biggest pirate of them all is...interesting)
What I find fascinating is so far....the Yonkou seem like very good guys really while the allied Government Shichikubai seem universally bad. This is all in the manga as you must have read.
Finally, let me discuss the plot and see if this sounds like anything....What patterns have we seen so far? Unlike what many of you people are saying, there seem to be "Good" people and "Evil" people. Luffy allies and makes friends with the Good people and fights and destroys the Evil people. Yes the evil people may have some sort of plan but that doesn't make them any less evil (maybe moreso when you could consider they have cold, rational reasons for doing it and it isn't madness). Arlong is Evil. Don Krieg is Evil. That marine captain who've I've already forgotten is Evil. The Shichikubai, each of the ones luffy has fought and defeated so far have been evil: sand guy, shadow guy. Then, there are the people who are Good but on the opposite side and leads to I'd pretty much say "friendly" fights. Smoker is Good. Garp is Good. So far, I haven't even mentioned any of the gray characters. I don't see why you guys are convinced that this manga does not have clear black and white characters? There are a few gray ones but the big ones, the major ones are generally Good or Evil. Luffy fights and destroys the evil ones. Luffy generally makes friends with the good ones but if he can't, he doesn't go out of his way to destroy them. There is one major arc that its not too clear where good and evil lies though, the Water 7/Enies Lobby Arc, long as hell and the best so far to date. With this one exception in terms of Luffy beating the hell out of people who consider it their duty to imprison his friend, there is still a main villain. That is the half-mask guy (God, why can't I remember names?)
Anyway, my point is....Luffy will beat up the Evil Guys because Heros do that and he is a hero. A Good Hero. There are clear-cut enemies in most of the arcs in one piece and these are largely truly evil.
So, coming from all of this is the following. Dragon is almost certainly already identified as a "Good" character. We don't have information about him but given the way the manga has played out so far, it seems unlikely that anyone related to luffy will be an evil character and given the few brief moments we have of him, we are led to believe that he is relatively benign (his person and nature is Good). The hints of dissonance we've seen between the pirates and the government so far and Luffy's crew in particular lead me to believe that the author is leading up to fight here. Was anyone shocked that Luffy decided to get Arlong? that Luffy decided to get any of Luffy's enemies? Was there any deviousness in terms of who luffy's enemies would be for the most part? No. And so, I believe indications are that they will have an all-out fight with the government. And no, I'm not including the bureaucracy and the underlings and all that shite. Those are just the feet and hands of the government. I'm talking about the brain of the government. The center which exemplifies the whole. I believe there are indicators that Luffy will find himself fighting the leaders here. Since Luffy is Good and fights and destroys only Evil characters, what is the nature of these leaders likely to be? Evil.
-Dakuen
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-How do the Shichibukai seem "evil"? Especially Mi Hawk and Kuma. (Do Flamingo does give off the evil vibe)
-And how do the 4 Pirate Emperor's seem good? Only Shanks gives off that vibe.
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We haven't yet seen whether Mihawk or Kuma will be enemies that Luffy will confront and destroy just yet. Clearly Mihawk is supposed to be Zoro's ultimate goal but whether that will be a serious but "friendly" duel is yet to be determined. Kuma gives off more middle vibes more than anything. As for the four emperors. not just shanks but whitebeard seems to emanate a sense of goodness and an honor code. Ace seems so far to be "Good" and its likely that the person he admires and follows is very likely "Good" as well. As for the other two, we haven't seen them much at all. That'll certainly be interesting….
-Dakuen
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@Dakuen:
Real pirates, as far as I know, in terms of history were not dashing or heroic for the most part. In fact, they were usually the opposite. I realize that there have been many pirates in One Piece that behave in the way of self-interest and destruction but it seems like certain pirate crews have some other reasons for existence. And what is remarkably different in the manga than in real life I think is the fact that some of these pirates are the most prominent ones. While pirates like Arlong, Don Krieg, seemingly all the Shichibukai are seen as doing bad things, notice that Whitebeard and his men, Shanks and his men (Two of the biggest pirate crews, the Yonkou) are apparently honorable and decent men. And for that matter, Gold Roger seems to be the same way. Smoker admired the damned man….(I just mean that Smoker, as representative as any of the marines, admiring the biggest pirate of them all is...interesting)
First, Please read this document…
Constitution of the (US)Pirate PartyFrom IMSLP:
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@Ne0:
First, Please read this document…
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Now, usually when people are called stupid, it's more of an overeaction from an argument. But in this case, you are literally a dumbass.
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Now, usually when people are called stupid, it's more of an overeaction from an argument. But in this case, you are literally a dumbass.
if you can't link the two… what can I say ...back at you.
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zeff? shanks? shakky? foxy? (well Foxy wasn't exactly evil.. we don't know if he committed any acts of piracy, he just won pirates in the DBF) the usopp pirates? Hiruliek(sp?)? Ace? Rolling pirates?
technically the people of alabasta thought Crocodile was good… he did do good things even if it ultimately was for evil ends.Roger.
16 pirate kings.
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**> Is the WG evil?
YES .**
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I don't think the WG is evil, well, not that evil.
People are forgetting that OP is from a criminals point of view.
We do have to take note that most of the things the WG does, it's to avoid war.
Which is pretty good for the people, seeing how destructive wars are.
Sure there's corruption and the "darkblack justice",
but we're seeing things in a utterly biased point of view.
Naturally the only thing the Mugiwara pirates would see from the WG is how cruel they can be.
Yes, that doesn't make their cruelties any better, but their intentions being to protect and uphold peace, is not evil.
Myeah.
So, I don't think they're evil, but I do think that their techniques of upholding justice are too harsh.
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The world government is just as bad as any pirate or criminal in one piece, they only
try to justify their action with what they deem to be justice, their form of justice. Plus if you go around capturing the supposed bad guy the people will automatically assume your good and the person caught is evil so take that and warp it around and you got the world government in a nutshell.Plus they must be hiding something big if they forbid the study of ponyglyphs and trying to erase the void history. It proves to me that the government is just as evil, they just are trying to hide their true intentions or not make it known.
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I wouldn't be suprised if it turned out the WG were pirates orginally. The way things are, they would be mirroring the past as well. It would also make sense if that was the case to hide the past for this reason because;
-It would be embarressing for them if they hunted pirates when the WG was formed on piracey
-People would compare the NOW to the THEN and start pannicking
-Be generally ironic in every sense.
-It would give people ideas.
-Their own paranoia
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Hmm…
Since these World Nobles who act so high-and-mighty are supposedly descendents of the rulers of the twenty kingdoms who helped found the World Government, it might be interesting if the military power of this corrupted World Government was brought down by the combined might of the Nine Shabondie Rookie captains, Four Emperors, and Seven Warlords of the Seas.
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Well its seems to from the most recent chapters epecially 499 and 500 that at least the leadership of the WG is pretty evil imo.
The WG could easily stamp out slavery if they really wanted too, same thing goes for the racism against the fishmen people.
The fact that the WG just ignores these problems speak volumes about them imo.
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Why should they care about if pirates are captured and traded as slaves? That's just less criminals to worry about accomondating in prison.
The fishman opression might be less wanted, but you can't really do something efficiently about peoples opinions and the trade with fishmen mermen seems to be so rare that they easily slip past any radar.
And the Nobles picking anyone they want for wives? weell they got immunity because of some treaty or something. Can't touch them.
I would reserve judgement untill we know exactly how this slavery works.
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Racism is harder to kill then piracey. Think of the real world. Black people got equal rights several decades back right? Still they suffer. And the couunter reaction to their past suffering - Whites are now the ones being discriminated against.
I won't say anymore, since the last thing we need is a racist argument.
But criminals? The same thing applies. So long as you got corruption, you've got crime. You can ask everyone to be nice to each other over night, it just won't work.