Once again, remember that the most important counterpoint here is that in the end, the 4Kids dub was terrible even if you don't compare it to the original, and the changes were beyond annoying, but tolerable edits like these, the story was not kept intact, many changes to the plot were made, not just entire episodes, but entire story arcs were removed, these changes caused plot holes, and if the dub lasted longer, the plot holes would have become even worse.

4Kids' brand of puritanism actually made One Piece a worse work of media, and the modern brand of puritanism is doing the same to other things.

Again, a counterpoint to the excuse of "It's a private company, it's only censorship if government does it".

The world is not USA with a full First Amendment, many countries around the world have puritan governments that imposed official censorship or bans, and when that happens, the goalpost is moved by saying the government did the right thing.