[voice] A stormy question

[justicereigns]

[Hello Luceti, is the nice little ice storm distracting you from post-Valentine's woes? Don't worry, here's a grumpy marine asking questions to painfully reminds you all.]

Seeing as we're all stuck inside -- [Once again, an usually feminine voice from Smoker's journal account.] -- I've got a question for everyone affected by the event.

Are there normally lines you won't cross in relationships that the Malnosso seem to cross for you? Or do they seem to take those into consideration instead? Since they seem to know us pretty well, it begs the question whether they're using our weaknesses, or if it's completely random.

And if anyone needs help out there in the storm, let me know. This weather is good practice.

[ooc: and feel free to threadjump like the dickens. It might be the only time Smoker keeps quieter than not, seeing as he's a girl now.]

Comments

[redjacketthief]

Everyone has their own definition of how the world should work, really. It shouldn't be on any one person or group to decide that, though. [Says the man who lives and thrives on freedom in any and every sense. The idea of such a thing bothers him deeply, but he has no desire to ever lead a revolution.

That takes a special kind of man. That man isn't him.]

Death, while not ideal, is likely inevitable in any event really. I'm not one to talk--my world's had people of a specific region attempting genocide on eachother for centuries. It always fails.

Such a system, though. That would create a lot of criminals...

[justicereigns]

Agreed. World Government nor Revolutionaries.

Tch... There are problems with the World Government. Humans are infallible, and so too will be anything they create. However, we don't have wars between countries anymore. Even with the amount of piracy, there are ways to deal with them -- as I did in Loguetown, and other marines do regularly. Simply having a World Government doesn't create more criminals. The amount of piracy didn't get so big until Roger sent them all trying to reach the end of the world and find One Piece.

Poverty, rebellion, lack of options, these things create criminals. People seeking power by any means with no regard to justice; that does it most of all.

Whatever problems the government has, a complete overhaul isn't how to fix them. Sometimes an individual country can rebel and turn into something far better for itself. Other times it just makes it worse.

[redjacketthief]

And this is why I don't get into politics, Cap'. Too complicated, too many variables that could go wrong if you look at them funny. Admittedly? That sounds like a pretty interesting place to be. [he didn't understand the context of One Piece, but it had a mythic ring to it, of the sort that would attract any number of ancient heroes.]

It's good to know that some things remain universal. Politics are complicated. It makes you understand why people don't trust the ones who play that game.

[justicereigns]

[Grins at that.]

Indeed. I don't trust people who play politics at all. [Even though he can follow it.]

[redjacketthief]

Ah, so law enforcers distrust law makers there too...

[justicereigns]

That, I'm sure, is universal.