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Mutants - Threat or Menace?

 
 
moriarty
23:00 / 20.01.03
The Wall Street Journal reports that Judge Judith Barzilay of the U.S. Court of International Trade has decreed that the X-Men are "nonhuman creatures." She came to this ruling after conducting "comprehensive examinations," which included "the need to remove the clothes" of the X-Men. The Justice Department, which sided with the Mutants, declined to comment on this civil rights setback.

The decision against the mutants was easier to make then the ones against such meta-humans as Kraven the Hunter and the Mole Man. The judge observed that Kraven shows "highly exaggerated muscle tone in arms and legs" and a "lion's mane-like vest," while the Mole Man is "stout and thick," with "exaggerated troll-like features," and are therefore both "something other than human."
 
 
Burning Man
01:45 / 21.01.03
I think this is great. A melting of reality where the imaginary are given life, (which is no different than a corporation having rights). Fuck, I don't even know how to verbalize something that is so surreal. Does Marvel care about it's own "children" in a spiritual sense? Guess not, which then really tells me (in my opinion on this line) how much respect they have for their artists and writers-none.

But on the flipside, these are plastic toys and perhaps by saving money, and getting reembursed for past overpaid tariffs, they have more money to spend on getting movies made and paying said artists and writers. What do I know about the machinations of Marvel? Nothing, I'm talking out my ass

Looked at another way, maybe any outrage anyone feels, while being fully entitled to it as an individual, might be kind of misplaced. These are abstractions we are talking about, Maya, illusions. But we (at least I do) feel something for these characters on some level, so to have the characters mistreated, might make me feel something along with the cynical humor I currently feel. I have characters myself, they can take a life of their own. I've heard even living as thought forms or tulpas (though not in my experience at that level) Shit, ask G.M.

Oh well, the bottom line- mixed reaction in my. I think it is both funny and sad in equal portions together.

One guy, many opinions.

Burning Man, out.
 
 
Persephone
11:34 / 21.01.03
OMG, this was on the radio this morning when the alarm went off... definitely the time of day when I should *not think* as I'm still partially dreaming...

"Fuck, I don't even know how to verbalize something that is so surreal." pretty well sums up the whole thing for me. Actually, I think that Burning Man's analysis is all good...

If you think it over... the X-Men are not subhuman, they're superhuman. Homo superior, right? So if anything the duties should be higher for X-Men figures!

You can get your tongue out of your cheek now, moriarty...
 
  
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