Comments on: Spider-Man 2: Philosophically Speaking http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/spider-man_2_philosophically_speaking/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:01:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/spider-man_2_philosophically_speaking/comment-page-1/#comment-19887 Andy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=6724#comment-19887 My problem with Spiderman, or even Batman to an extent, is that they enable the police forces in their protectorates to be utter and complete crap. Seriously, them taking a break for a month or so causing a 70 percent increase in crime means SOMEBODY aren't doing their jobs. I'll begrudingly accept true ZOMG special powers supervillains requiring superhero's to stop, but normal crime? Take, for example, Batman. I'm not going to go into the VERY tired meme of him enabling his enemies.... but he does enable the police and correctional facilities of Gotham City to be utter and complete crap. Batman catches Joker, Two-Face, Penguin etc. they go to Arkham, they escape. Bats catches them again....ad nauseum. Suppose there wasn't a Batman. Eventually they'd do too much damage and voters would demand that these whacko's be stopped and STAY stopped. Swat units, the military would go in, apprehend them, and take them to non-Arkham (seriously, why does this place still get money?) top-security facilities across the country. --- My problem with Spiderman, or even Batman to an extent, is that they enable the police forces in their protectorates to be utter and complete crap.

Seriously, them taking a break for a month or so causing a 70 percent increase in crime means SOMEBODY aren't doing their jobs.

I'll begrudingly accept true ZOMG special powers supervillains requiring superhero's to stop, but normal crime?

Take, for example, Batman. I'm not going to go into the VERY tired meme of him enabling his enemies.... but he does enable the police and correctional facilities of Gotham City to be utter and complete crap.

Batman catches Joker, Two-Face, Penguin etc. they go to Arkham, they escape. Bats catches them again....ad nauseum.

Suppose there wasn't a Batman. Eventually they'd do too much damage and voters would demand that these whacko's be stopped and STAY stopped. Swat units, the military would go in, apprehend them, and take them to non-Arkham (seriously, why does this place still get money?) top-security facilities across the country.

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