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Subj: Re: Part Three thoughts
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 at 03:36:36 pm EDT (Viewed 5 times)
Reply Subj: Re: Part Three thoughts
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 at 01:28:45 pm EDT (Viewed 479 times)



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      I do hope Hallie can be talked out of her decision not to be a Legionaire. Someone needs to tell her that doing the right thing,in this case, joining the team and accepting the publicity that comes with it, is usually the hardest option to take, but that's what makes heroes heroes (hopefully with more eloquence then I just did).



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    She does have a point though... On one side, you have people freaking out that the Legion is moving forward with no system of checks and balances and wanting to curtail them. On the other, you have people freaking out because of the implications of the Robo-Citizenship issue and wanting to take some control of that. Suddenly granting the first A.I. in the history of the team (one who has been caught talking world domination before) membership in the middle of that climate is just asking to tie those two issues together. The odds of action against the team and of the Sentient Life Rights Bill passing both skyrocket.


True enough, but is hiding behind the scenes doing basically most of the same jobs she would do as a Legion member any better from a public relations standpoint? Sounds to me she's just trying to avoid having to face her critics rather than actually help her teammates, her "people", or her cause.


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    Yes, the Legion may be able to weather the attacks, but is it heroic to jeopardize the rights of thousands of robosapiens in order for Hallie to get what she wants?


If the "Sentient Rights" movement is truly as unified as those previous minorities they would seek to emulate, one would think they would welcome representation on Earth's premiere superhero team, instead of just having her hide in a mainframe doing scut work for them.

In the 1950s, when African Americans were struggling for their civil rights in the South, they were willing to send their children to be blasted by fire hoses and attacked by police dogs because they knew their cause were just, and that the only way to get the attention their plight deserved was to risk physical harm to the people they loved. What's Hallie willing to risk?*

*As you might have guessed, those are the questions Mr. Epitome would have asked Hallie if he weren't lost in the Parodyverse somewhere. \:\)






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