Re: Diamonds In The Crap: Good Moments in Bad Comics (Spoilers)

In article <1125351420.316641.138330@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Magnus, Robot Fighter" <pavelb1@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have no problem with the Alan Moore argument: "I'm Superman, I have
> to be better than that." I can respect that. But when he starts
> imposing those values on others....that's not a characteristic i want
> to see in him.
>

But how can he NOT impose that type of view on his peers? To say that
the code to not kill makes him "better" than those who do implies that
those who follow his standard -- those to whom he himself looks up --
must follow that same standard. The fact that his "dearest friend"
turns out to be a "killer" is easily more than he can handle. Suddenly
Diana is not his peer; he's better than her, which eradicates the trust
and love he has for her.

Mixed into this is the fact that, in spite of his own values, no matter
from where they come, no matter what happened regarding the PUPZ
villains, he has discovered that he could kill again. If *he* could be
coerced so easily into killing, how much would it take Captain Marvel,
the Martian Manhunter, or someone else like that to go on a killing
spree?

Superman has "old-fashioned" morals. They're not just "what's right for
me," as people today would like to think, but absolutes. In order for
them to hold any water, they *have* to be "imposed" on others.

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