User blog comment:DancePowderer/What Are We Thinking?/@comment-3401636-20110221093653

Wow, i must agree with Roronoa's first post, you really think things through... and make things like One Piece sound so deep...

For me, it's kind of a 50-50 situation. I think that the world government and marines do have a right to take pirates down, as USUALLY, they are bad (though this is not always the case), BUT i do think that the means which they do it is wrong.

I think the only reason why Ace was imprisoned was because he was the second commander of the Whitebeard Pirates. I think that they imprisoned/executed Ace to get to Whitebeard. They deem Whitebeard as a bad pirate, ruling areas that otherwise could've been the world government's, possibly inspiring other people to turn to piracy (like Shanks did to Luffy), and well, being a pirate. With that said, i still don't think the goal justified the means. Getting his own ally to stab him by tricking him was low(especially for the marines, who are supposed to be the good guys), and speaking ill of whitebeard to get Ace to attack you was ESPECIALLY low (that's right Akainu, i'm talking about you).

So far, i have spoken ill of the marines, and made the world government sound like jerks, though they really aren't half bad. They generally do protect citizens to the best of their ability, and USUALLY have the people's best interests at heart. Though some people are easily corrupted and sometimes overdo it a bit (Spandam for the former, Akainu for the latter), they shouldn't downplay the deeds of people like Garp and Sengoku who are excellent role models and examples of GOOD, non-corrupted marines. (Note: sorry for the last paragraph, i kinda drifted off a bit)

So... to finish it all off, i feel that Oda has his reasons, and that he will eventually tell us.