International Law

1:07 pm EST July 11th, 2006 | Politics | 10 Comments

Superman follows it.

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10 Responses to “International Law”

  1. Oliver Willis says:
    July 11, 2006 at 3:07 pm

    Yes, because clearly to beat the “shitheads”, we must become the “shitheads”.

    At least using your reasoning.

  2. Frank_D says:
    July 11, 2006 at 3:07 pm

    I don’t remember seeing any terrorists of any kind in a Superman movie, except maybe Luthor.

  3. SaveFarris says:
    July 11, 2006 at 3:07 pm

    Superman also listens in on conversations without a warrant. And locking criminals up in secret prisons (i.e. the Phantom Zone.)

    So you’ll be supporting these, right?

  4. DCPanic says:
    July 11, 2006 at 3:07 pm

    I would love it if we could pass out international warrants for their arrests, try them in a court of law, and then throw away the key. That will not happen. See, they like cutting heads off, and blowing innocent people up. I don’t think they will turn themselves in.

  5. DCPanic says:
    July 11, 2006 at 3:07 pm

    Doesn’t he look through walls spying
    on people? Where is the warrant?

  6. JayTea says:
    July 11, 2006 at 4:07 pm

    Interesting catch, but a few things stick out to me:

    1) I don’t know the precise date that comic was published, but judging by the art style and the non-dead appearance of Hitler, I’m going to presume it was during World War II — before there was a United Nations.

    2) SaveFarris and DCPanic raise some very valid points — Superman routinely violates all sorts of laws and people’s rights.

    3) In the end, Hitler’s surviving cronies (the other guy COULD be Stalin, but I’m going to go ahead and say it’s another Nazi) were brought before international tribunals — in a procedure that had NO precedent and followed NO established law or custom. It was invented on the spot, the “laws” the defendants were not written down before the war, and there was no appeal. Finally, these were military tribunals, not civil procedures.

    All in all, an interesting historical artifact. But about as germane to today’s events as http://www.superdickery.com.

    J.

  7. DCPanic says:
    July 11, 2006 at 6:07 pm

    J-
    Superman violates neither laws nor people’s rights b/c he is only real to Ollie and 12 year olds.

  8. doug r says:
    July 11, 2006 at 9:07 pm

    Umm, Superman uses his normal senses-if it’s legal for a drug dog to walk around your car…
    Looks like most of the time, he has probable cause.
    If he doesn’t show up for court, the suspect goes free.
    If he was real, WW2 would be over in a day!

  9. DCPanic says:
    July 12, 2006 at 9:07 am

    “If he was real, WW2 would be over in a day!”

    If he was real Ollie would be trying to Lewinsky him.

  10. AnalogKid says:
    July 12, 2006 at 10:07 am

    This has got to be one of the most inane examples of hyperbole you could have come up with.

    Using your linked example; Superman grasping his two  prisoners by the scruff of their shirt collars to carry them along as he flies at an unknown height and speed, a fall from which would probably prove fatal to a mortal human, while transporting them across international borders.

    The equivalent of this would be strapping POWs to the outside of an aircraft, which is clearly against Section I, Part II of the Third Geneva Convention that clearly states the prisoner is to be protected and kept safe at all times, including during transport.

    The defeatist left made such a fuss about the way captured al-Qaida prisoners were transported when they were tied down and blindfolded, I’m surprised you aren’t having a conniption over your hero mistreating his prisoners in such a reckless manner.

    This is a much more serious infraction than ‘panties on the head’ or ‘dog barking at prisoner’ made so famous by the NYT stories, why aren’t you outraged, Oliver?

    Oh wait, because Superman isn’t real.

    And neither is your sad example.