Roger and Newgate caused anarchy in their own rights, but Whitebeard less than most, I suppose.
He was...
[VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY GRUDGINGLY] a different kind of pirate in a world where that meant the worst of the worst.
[Sigh.] He was the strongest man in the world. Whitebeard, Edward Newgate, was. He had the power to break the world, but not the power to bind it. [Perhaps no one can. Perhaps that is the one impossible thing. Smoker doesn't know.] I fought his army in the War of the Best two years ago. It wasn't pleasant.
Roger was also a different kind of pirate. He still caused anarchy, like I said, but he wasn't interested in slavery or the petty under-dealings many of them take up these days. And Whitebeard outright banned slavery under his watch. [Justice, might, pirates, who was wrong, what was right? Circumstances had to be looked at individually.]
But don't mistake me for thinking I condone any of their actions. Even monsters can be noble sometimes. [Like Smoker himself...]
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He was...
[VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY GRUDGINGLY] a different kind of pirate in a world where that meant the worst of the worst.
[Sigh.] He was the strongest man in the world. Whitebeard, Edward Newgate, was. He had the power to break the world, but not the power to bind it. [Perhaps no one can. Perhaps that is the one impossible thing. Smoker doesn't know.] I fought his army in the War of the Best two years ago. It wasn't pleasant.
Roger was also a different kind of pirate. He still caused anarchy, like I said, but he wasn't interested in slavery or the petty under-dealings many of them take up these days. And Whitebeard outright banned slavery under his watch. [Justice, might, pirates, who was wrong, what was right? Circumstances had to be looked at individually.]
But don't mistake me for thinking I condone any of their actions. Even monsters can be noble sometimes. [Like Smoker himself...]