Comments on: Seduction of the Innocent http://aaeblog.com/2009/04/19/seduction-of-the-innocent/ "Austro" as in Rothbard and Wittgenstein, "Athenian" as in Aristotle and smashing-the-plutocracy. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Victor Milán http://aaeblog.com/2009/04/19/seduction-of-the-innocent/comment-page-1/#comment-350032 Victor Milán Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:49:16 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2316#comment-350032 Well, there's no shame in having the first comment I was going to make preempted by the awesome Kevin Carson... The second: the culture of cop-worship in this country is a huge impediment to freedom. We approach times in which it will actually prove dangerous for many of us chattels. Sadly, it's an attitude which permeates much of so-called "libertarianism." It'd be nice if we, y'know, knew better. Well, there’s no shame in having the first comment I was going to make preempted by the awesome Kevin Carson…

The second: the culture of cop-worship in this country is a huge impediment to freedom. We approach times in which it will actually prove dangerous for many of us chattels.

Sadly, it’s an attitude which permeates much of so-called “libertarianism.” It’d be nice if we, y’know, knew better.

]]> By: Roderick http://aaeblog.com/2009/04/19/seduction-of-the-innocent/comment-page-1/#comment-350020 Roderick Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:16:11 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2316#comment-350020 Superheroes have always had that ambiguity. In a way it's an advantage for the writers, because it increases the number of different kinds of stories you can tell with them. Aeon has a <a href="http://webhost.bridgew.edu/askoble/skoblewatchmendarkknight.pdf" rel="nofollow">good article</a> about superheroes. Superheroes have always had that ambiguity. In a way it’s an advantage for the writers, because it increases the number of different kinds of stories you can tell with them.

Aeon has a good article about superheroes.

]]> By: Anon73 http://aaeblog.com/2009/04/19/seduction-of-the-innocent/comment-page-1/#comment-350018 Anon73 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:18:34 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2316#comment-350018 Are superheroes like superman or batman representative of statism or anarchy? They're sorta like police because they apprehend "criminals", but they are sort of anarchic since they don't draw on the state's permission to operate. Are superheroes like superman or batman representative of statism or anarchy? They’re sorta like police because they apprehend “criminals”, but they are sort of anarchic since they don’t draw on the state’s permission to operate.

]]> By: Roderick http://aaeblog.com/2009/04/19/seduction-of-the-innocent/comment-page-1/#comment-350014 Roderick Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:15:14 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2316#comment-350014 Clearly they were at least <i>incompetent</i> cops, since they were trying to arrest the wrong person. I mean, how hard is it to tell which of these sisters is the villainous one? <img src="http://praxeology.net/blackfire-starfire.PNG "> They were just going after any "Tamaranian girl." In other words, they were racial-profiling. Clearly they were at least incompetent cops, since they were trying to arrest the wrong person. I mean, how hard is it to tell which of these sisters is the villainous one?

They were just going after any “Tamaranian girl.” In other words, they were racial-profiling.

]]> By: Roderick http://aaeblog.com/2009/04/19/seduction-of-the-innocent/comment-page-1/#comment-350013 Roderick Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:03:56 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2316#comment-350013 The Timmverse shows sometimes dealt with those issues a bit (e.g. some of the Gotham cops approving of and working with Batman, others disapproving and trying to take him down, with both sides appearing well-meaning -- or, in the Justice League series, the neither purely innocent nor purely villainous government-sponsored Cadmus Project assigned to rein in the superheroes). But the Titans series (<i>to my admittedly fallible recollection</i>) tended to avoid that sort of nuance -- perhaps because it was aimed at a somewhat younger audience. The Timmverse shows sometimes dealt with those issues a bit (e.g. some of the Gotham cops approving of and working with Batman, others disapproving and trying to take him down, with both sides appearing well-meaning — or, in the Justice League series, the neither purely innocent nor purely villainous government-sponsored Cadmus Project assigned to rein in the superheroes). But the Titans series (to my admittedly fallible recollection) tended to avoid that sort of nuance — perhaps because it was aimed at a somewhat younger audience.

]]> By: Kevin Carson http://aaeblog.com/2009/04/19/seduction-of-the-innocent/comment-page-1/#comment-350012 Kevin Carson Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:23:40 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2316#comment-350012 Oh, sweet bleeding Christ, I think I'm gonna puke. Suppose they'd been wearing SS uniforms and said they were enforcing the Nuremberg laws? Oh, sweet bleeding Christ, I think I’m gonna puke. Suppose they’d been wearing SS uniforms and said they were enforcing the Nuremberg laws?

]]> By: Black Bloke http://aaeblog.com/2009/04/19/seduction-of-the-innocent/comment-page-1/#comment-350011 Black Bloke Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:12:07 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2316#comment-350011 You should compare the actions of Ben 10 and his Alien Force to the Teen Titans, in their reactions to extraterrestrial pretended authorities. You should compare the actions of Ben 10 and his Alien Force to the Teen Titans, in their reactions to extraterrestrial pretended authorities.

]]> By: Currence http://aaeblog.com/2009/04/19/seduction-of-the-innocent/comment-page-1/#comment-350010 Currence Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:06:07 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2316#comment-350010 Odd. Aren't superheroes <i>supposed</i> to be operating outside of the law, ignoring legal restrictions and requirements, etc. with the aim of achieving true justice? (Not that that's all well and good, but a kids' show wouldn't be expected to problematize the Superhero like <i>Watchmen</i>, <i>The Dark Knight</i>, the X-Men films, et al.) Odd. Aren’t superheroes supposed to be operating outside of the law, ignoring legal restrictions and requirements, etc. with the aim of achieving true justice? (Not that that’s all well and good, but a kids’ show wouldn’t be expected to problematize the Superhero like Watchmen, The Dark Knight, the X-Men films, et al.)

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