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Post by Van Plexico on Jun 23, 2006 21:14:04 GMT -5
We've been told all along that the two sides in CIVIL WAR are not necessarily good vs. bad, right vs wrong, but just two different, perhaps equally valid views, clashing.If you've read FRONTLINE #1, I don't know how you can say that anymore. Because Paul Jenkins pretty much makes a very clear cut case there for who is morally right and who is... not. I liked this issue far more than either issue of CIVIL WAR. The scenes played out with a nice sense of pacing and made sense. I continue to be surprised by just how little the main CIVIL WAR book is doing for me, especially considering how much I like Millar's writing in general (and also considering I've never been a huge Jenkins fan-- I find him "okay," but not a favorite, even though he's lived in the same town as me for the last few years, and I've eaten at the local buffet with him before). The final segment of FRONTLINE left me with a lump in my throat. "Snow Falling on Cedars" stuff. Yeah, no moral ambiguity to this conflict at all, based on this issue.
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Post by balok on Jul 8, 2006 16:29:47 GMT -5
Frontline also contains interesting parallels to current events.
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Post by balok on Sept 1, 2006 21:54:19 GMT -5
If you've read FRONTLINE #1, I don't know how you can say that anymore. Because Paul Jenkins pretty much makes a very clear cut case there for who is morally right and who is... not. Resurrecting this... Yes, he did. But that might be because your perspective (and mine, for that matter) happens to agree with his. Not everyone places the same value on civil rights, and most people value the civil rights of others somewhere below their own civil rights. On top of that fear can make people do things they wouldn't otherwise do. Is it wrong to hold a position that the civil rights of metahumans must be subordinate to the safety of your children? A lot of people would say no and I'm not sure that makes them morally inferior because their concern is legitimate and their fears real (although perhaps amplified). Fear is powerful. It has got politicians elected and poor policy ignored. Sometimes people do wrong things for what they genuinely believe are good reasons.
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