Re: SF Politics and Super Tuesday

In article <Xns9A3D80ACBF0E7mss2mediaonenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Michael S. Schiffer <mschiffe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>ted@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) wrote in
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>>..
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>> Isn't this moot for Superman?  I thought it had been established
>> that his space****p held him in a "birthing matrix" and it was
>> declared that he had actually been "born" when he was decanted
>> in Kansas. 
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>> Or was this covered up-thread?
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>It was more or less: we've been talking about the implications of 
>Superman's differing origins over the years, including but not 
>limited to that one.  (I think it's been changed again once or 
>twice since then, though I'm not sure which version currently 
>applies.)
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>Though in the case of that particular origin, there's the problem 
>that the only witnesses to the birthing matrix delivery also 
>falsely claimed that he was their natural son, so it's hard to 
>really establish what happened.  (And most US states' laws are 
>remarkably vague on whether delivery by Krytonian birthing matrix 
>counts as "birth".  :-) )  But by the time Superman is public 
>knowledge, the issue is moot, since it's been too long since his 
>birth/discovery.
>
>Mike

I really ought to dive into threads with subject lines that sound
completely
unappealing to me earlier..


				Ted
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