User blog comment:Fliu/Chapter 942: Another Tragedy for Wano/@comment-3529684-20190511045457/@comment-2600:1702:3C50:A6E0:31CF:133B:2565:BA26-20190517021558

Gol D. Rodger, and Whitebeard. Both great men who died as they shook the world and caused surges in piracy. I honestly wonder, as Whitebeard died did he chose to say that One Piece is real out of respect for Rodger? In life he always seemed to consider the implications and consequences of his words, actions, and what it would mean if certain things happen. I wonder if at the end of his life, he wanted to emulate Rodger and just do something without worrying about the result just as Rodger seemed to do. As for Orochi, we know he is a fool, his followers think that behind his back, but being publicly exposed as one is not likely to do him any favors. Usually when someone who is in charge looks like a fool then that means trouble for them especially when they rule through fear. I know of one book series I read in which by the end of the book, one of the characters notes that the powers that be are keeping silent about the main characters contributions to their survival. This is to not look stupid, if the ordinary people knew that a child saved the most powerful men and women in the country from their own foolishness then they would be laughed at in the streets. Their history shows any reign of fear beginning to end when the people who are supposed to be slavishly obedient and afraid gain enough confidence to laugh at their overlords in public without fear of consequence.