Wow, were having a heated discussion here, eh? If 4kids knew they would cause so much contoversy among the fans then maybe they would have given a second thought about cancelling their dub?
Anyway, I think that if 4kids did anything it was introduce people to anime, not give them a true anime experience. I'm pretty tolerant of the 4kids version for just that reason. If they were still dubbing One Piece now, I'd be pretty damn pissed about now. I can look back and laugh at it now since One Piece I think is being treated fairly now. The only negative outcome I can see of the 4kids version is that it made some people completly abandon the series. Maybe more people would be willing to try One Piece if they had seen the better version first (The funi dub or the japanese dub, both are about equal in quality). I don't think that 4kids is even relative to the argument anymore purely because they stopped dubbing a few years ago and most people have long since stopped caring about it. I'm sure that anyone who saw it doesn't care anymore.
So why is everyone still so angry about 4kids? They're done with, we will never see them again, so take a chill pill and find another reason it's not popular outside of OMG!!!!! 4kids ******* sux! WHY DID THEY HAXOR OP!!!!!!