Superman

 SUPERMAN

Numerous discussions have been held, by me and others, about the lack of purpose in superman.  Clark Kent wasn't exactly setting the house on fire with his American job.  If I remember correctly he had only one adventure a week which is pretty sad for the "man of steel" who was indestructible and could see through solid objects.  I never once saw him use his ability to see through solid objects to get a good look at Lois Lane.  As far as I'm concerned that is strike number one.

And what about all this massive amount of crime going on everywhere?  He really was pretty choosy in what he got involved in.  He could have gone just about anywhere anytime to roust criminals and save people; but you didn't see a lot of that - - only the places where they happened to have a camera to capture his heroics.  What good is a superman if he's off duty most of the time?

What is the most disappointing is, he didn't take over the world.  Why not do it if you can?  Seems reasonable to me.  And since his morals were impeccable - - ethically pure - - he surely would have made a really good supreme commander of the planet.  Who would there be to say otherwise?  Nobody.  There's not enough krypton on the planet to keep him under control.  

There are questions to be asked however.  Since he would be supreme commander of the planet, what religion is he?  That would be the first question.  I personally would vote for a Doaist.  Of all the major religions, Doaists seem to be able to mind their own business better than others.  Hindus, Muslims, and Christians can get really nasty when someone differs with them and we do want to avoid strife and bloodshed as much as  possible.

A second question to ask is what political persuasion is he.  I think we can go from fascist to anarchist with conservative and liberal and progressive thrown into the middle.  Since a person's views on such things as capitalism, socialism, social democracy, and  other varieties of political persuasion can determine behavior and social contact, it would be good to know Superman's views on such things before he takes over the planet.

Although, in the long run, it doesn't matter what religion or political persuasion he has, if he wants to take over the planet, he will and there is nothing we can do as humans to stop him - - just hope for the best, just like we do now.  It would seem to me it would be better to have someone in charge rather than no one as the case is today.  That way we can go about our business without worrying who our enemies are and why.  And also just like now, our politicians are declaring China our enemy, and at the same time that's where we get everything we buy from Walmart.  How can they be an enemy when they help make our cell phones?  Doesn't make sense to me.  Superman could simply say, get over it already, I'm in charge of China too so don't worry.

Richard E H Phelps II

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