Re: SF Politics and Super Tuesday

"Michael S. Schiffer" <mschiffe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Sea Wasp <seawaspObvious@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>...
>>      Fingerprints should work just fine, though. That would
>>      naturally
>> break his cover ID, but then if we're postulating that he wants
>> to be President his cover ID would be gone anyway;  you can't
>> have the President disappearing for most of a work day, and even
>> Superman's abilities would be, um, strained to say the least,
>> trying to manage the appearance of simultaneity every day for
>> weeks on end.
>
> Naturally, Clark Kent would arrange to be assigned to the White
> House press pool.  Or take a leave of absence to work on his book.
>
>>
>>      One could also point out the rather huge number of beings
>>      and special
>> abilities and gadgets which allow ANYONE to be virtually
>> perfectly imitated -- to the point that you have to pretty much
>> accept people as who they claim to be unless you have excellent
>> reason to suspect otherwise. If you don't, well, there's at
>> least a couple dozen candidates for people who assumed your
>> identity. Hell, the whole COURTROOM could be metamorphs,
>> shape****fters, magicians, dire wraiths (no, wait, that's Marvel)
>> etc., all thinking they're the only ringer in the courtroom.
>
> True enough.  In any case, clearly mainstream superhero universes
> mostly have something that implicitly (or explicitly) allows supers
> to testify in their costumed identities, because the alternative
> would be frustrating for readers: "Yes, once again Superman was
> wasting his time catching the crooks, because the case was thrown
> out as soon as it got to trial.  Boy, that would be fun to read,
> over and over again.  (Though these days, jail has become such a
> revolving door in superhero comics that it might not make much
> difference.)
>
> Mike

No it wouldn't. Private citizens can help police without following police 
restrictions. Plus there would be physical evidence to tie the crooks to
the 
crime.

-- Ken from Chicago