Captain America vs. The Patriot Act?

Nerd_52637 writes "Yesterday, Marvel Comics released the first in its miniseries Civil War, which can only be described as a gutsy comic-book series focusing on the whole debate over homeland security and tighter government controls in the name of public safety. The seven-issue series once again puts superheroes right back in the thick of real-world news, just as DC Comics has Batman battling al-Qaeda in a soon-to-appear comic and Marvel's X-Men continue to explore themes of public intolerance and discrimination. In Civil War, hero is pitted against hero in the choice of whether or not to side with the government, as issues ranging from a Guantanamo-like prison camp for superheroes, embedded reporters and the power of media all play in the mix as Superheroes are ordered to register as human WMDs or be branded fugitives."

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It's true! Just ask Al Jazeera

[i am kman]

But Al Jazeera said prisoners were abused in Guantanamo, so it must be true!!

http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8723 :)

(Added the ':)' in case any lunatics out there thought I was serious).

Re:lol, wut?

[Locke2005]

Ok, take a deep breath...

Now repeat over and over to yourself "Superheroes are fictional characters. They do whatever they're authors imagine they should do. They are under no obligation to obey the laws of physics, let alone do what I imagine they should do." Keep repeating this mantra until you no longer feel the need to speculate about how superheros would be behave if they were real and not fictional.

Getting laid may also help. In fact, in your case, I think it would help a lot.

Wrong!

[Locke2005]

George W. Bush isn't stimpy's cousin. He is obviously closely related to this other George. In fact, the family resemblance is astounding!