User blog comment:DancePowderer/Dumb Questions/@comment-3563898-20131225081619

I agree with you that we can never know the true "strength" of someone until they actually fight or display it, but that's what makes the speculation of it fun. It's the mystery, that's why people ask these questions. Especially with a feature like chat, these questions and discussions should be encouraged (to an extent). People want to bounce their own thoughts on a character's abilities off their peers, and learn what they have to say about it. I know logically, none of us have an idea how strong a character is till Oda shows us, but having fun, creative discussions about it in the mean time is a good thing in my opinion.