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That article was written by preadolescent with no knowledge of Superman's characterization.
Superman doesn't act with restraint? All he ever does is act with restraint because if he doesn't he could kill everyone around him. He can't justbarrel in through the window like Batman does because doing so brings the whole building down on hostages. No he doesn't have to worry about his ownsafety, he has to worry about everyone else's.
Hasn't earned the right to moralize us? He spent the first years of his life really believing he was found on the Kents' doorsteps, until he wentthrough puberty he didn't know he was an alien or that he had access to all these powers. Clark Kent is the real identity and its the morals andteachings he was brought up with are the ones that drive him to this day and he lives them through and through. In What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way? he was beaten down and demoralized, made to see everyone around himwho counted on him die in the most horrible ways and he still rose above the baser urges to kill. He's the realdeal, only the most cynical wouldn't see that.
You know why you had Superman fighting world hunger? Because this is a man who goes through life every single day questioning himself asking if he should domore. In All Star Superman when he's faced with his own mortality he all but goes into a panic because his own body is going to stop him fromhelping people and he feels like a failure. So what does do? He spends the rest of the year loving all the people he's ever loved and making sure thatworld could survive without him. He even gave his worst enemy a chance to redeem himself because he knows that everyone is worth fighting for.
And where the hell do you people get the idea that Superman is an idiot from? He's a scientist's son, he spends his days as a reporter, up until a fewmonths ago he was the only one on the planet who understood Kryptonian technology. Even Luthor knows Superman is much more than a barrel chested strongman.
Superman doesn't act with restraint? All he ever does is act with restraint because if he doesn't he could kill everyone around him. He can't justbarrel in through the window like Batman does because doing so brings the whole building down on hostages. No he doesn't have to worry about his ownsafety, he has to worry about everyone else's.
Hasn't earned the right to moralize us? He spent the first years of his life really believing he was found on the Kents' doorsteps, until he wentthrough puberty he didn't know he was an alien or that he had access to all these powers. Clark Kent is the real identity and its the morals andteachings he was brought up with are the ones that drive him to this day and he lives them through and through. In What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way? he was beaten down and demoralized, made to see everyone around himwho counted on him die in the most horrible ways and he still rose above the baser urges to kill. He's the realdeal, only the most cynical wouldn't see that.
You know why you had Superman fighting world hunger? Because this is a man who goes through life every single day questioning himself asking if he should domore. In All Star Superman when he's faced with his own mortality he all but goes into a panic because his own body is going to stop him fromhelping people and he feels like a failure. So what does do? He spends the rest of the year loving all the people he's ever loved and making sure thatworld could survive without him. He even gave his worst enemy a chance to redeem himself because he knows that everyone is worth fighting for.
And where the hell do you people get the idea that Superman is an idiot from? He's a scientist's son, he spends his days as a reporter, up until a fewmonths ago he was the only one on the planet who understood Kryptonian technology. Even Luthor knows Superman is much more than a barrel chested strongman.
