I have seen this fantasy played out in my own life. At first it was the Nazis...then Communists...Catholics...Athesists...Muslims...my own government...but after all...those are battles I choose with others but the biggest battle is not the ninja -vs- pirate but rather the one inside of me... I am still working that one.
Maybe one day my list will be very short...and even where once I had my own name written where once the Nazis held a prominent place, the page will be blank...