Isn't this the same story line where that woman blamed Superman for her husband's cancer? I'm half-convinced that the entire point of this arc was to show just how many mental hoops some people jump through for the sake of their beliefs.
Actually. given this scene at the end. I think a nore accurate reading is how people seem to just... expect Superman to solve every problem. either something impossible like Cancer or something (realitvely speaking) more manegeable like calling the police on an abusive household.
It's preachy and ham-fisted as all hell, but, in hindsight, I think it is a MUCH more interesting argument than the typical "but HOW much does Superman helping people REEEEAALLY helps people?". Because it is saying, Yes, Superman is willing to help people whatever way he can... but it is also kinda dickish to expect him to do everything 24/7.
Come to think of it, this oddly close to how most Ultra Conservatives thinks what's right or wrong for most things general... * People complaining about how they're not getting medical care they want should be more thankful what they get anyway. * That alot of major problems with crime ridden areas is that they will just go somewhere else... so don't try to fix or do anything about it at all. *Illegal aliens should provide more the "real" citizens instead of leeching and hording themselves... * It's okay for companies to do illegal actions as long as it doesn't really do any "harm" and gives people money. *Reporters who expose corruption should consider the bigger picture in the long run. * People shouldn't fear the "guns" that help save and protect them (hell, this post here seems to imply that domestic abuse is stopped by a gun) * General awful things are general awful and need no more thought to them...
Huh.. that reminds of a better Superman comic arc involving Steel's niece, Traci13, and Clark's fake daughter Supergirl teaming up to save Superman from a super ninja that blames him for having her husband killed, and it is revealed that Superman not only collected fan mail from people he help, but also hate-mail to remind him how much more he can do...
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It's preachy and ham-fisted as all hell, but, in hindsight, I think it is a MUCH more interesting argument than the typical "but HOW much does Superman helping people REEEEAALLY helps people?". Because it is saying, Yes, Superman is willing to help people whatever way he can... but it is also kinda dickish to expect him to do everything 24/7.
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* People complaining about how they're not getting medical care they want should be more thankful what they get anyway.
* That alot of major problems with crime ridden areas is that they will just go somewhere else... so don't try to fix or do anything about it at all.
*Illegal aliens should provide more the "real" citizens instead of leeching and hording themselves...
* It's okay for companies to do illegal actions as long as it doesn't really do any "harm" and gives people money.
*Reporters who expose corruption should consider the bigger picture in the long run.
* People shouldn't fear the "guns" that help save and protect them (hell, this post here seems to imply that domestic abuse is stopped by a gun)
* General awful things are general awful and need no more thought to them...
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