If there is one thing that high school taught me is that, if you like your friends and want to get along with a majority of people, DO NOT talk about religion or politics. Plain and simple, people on the whole marry themselves to these beliefs above all others. You can convince someone that Ang Lee's Hulk movie has some redeeming points over the whole, but getting opposing view points to meet in the middle regarding gun control just isn't going to happen. I mean, we have a whole government running this country debating religion and politics right now, so I have to ask:
Why put it in my funny books?
No, really. Why is Civil War, from what the last issue I think it trying to tell me, centered around the government and how much liberty we should give up in order to be safe? Anyone else getting this message? Tony is like a kid in a candy store at the end of the book, anxiously telling Angry Mom from #1 about all the changes he's going to enforce upon the entire country to make it better the way he, Reed and Hank feel it should be. He's excited about getting to dictate American policy! Why am I not excited AT ALL? Why does this all seem so wrong? Because, in religion and politics, there is always another side to the issue; while I can't fathom how a secret dictatorship on justice and security seems like a good idea, there are those who think this is fantastic and deep and such a fresh take on the Marvel Universe that they can't wait to see what's coming next. People as excited as Tony was as he tells Angry Mom about his 100 ideas to change the world and it seems like the House of Ideas is really happy about the way their new world will work.
I just get the feeling that we're all just shrugging and letting Ike ruin our singing career because we know he'll just calm down after a bit and then we'll get that fur coat we want and we'll be happy again like we used to be.
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If there is one thing that high school taught me is that, if you like your friends and want to get along with a majority of people, DO NOT talk about religion or politics. Plain and simple, people on the whole marry themselves to these beliefs above all others. You can convince someone that Ang Lee's Hulk movie has some redeeming points over the whole, but getting opposing view points to meet in the middle regarding gun control just isn't going to happen. I mean, we have a whole government running this country debating religion and politics right now, so I have to ask:
Why put it in my funny books?
No, really. Why is Civil War, from what the last issue I think it trying to tell me, centered around the government and how much liberty we should give up in order to be safe? Anyone else getting this message? Tony is like a kid in a candy store at the end of the book, anxiously telling Angry Mom from #1 about all the changes he's going to enforce upon the entire country to make it better the way he, Reed and Hank feel it should be. He's excited about getting to dictate American policy! Why am I not excited AT ALL? Why does this all seem so wrong? Because, in religion and politics, there is always another side to the issue; while I can't fathom how a secret dictatorship on justice and security seems like a good idea, there are those who think this is fantastic and deep and such a fresh take on the Marvel Universe that they can't wait to see what's coming next. People as excited as Tony was as he tells Angry Mom about his 100 ideas to change the world and it seems like the House of Ideas is really happy about the way their new world will work.
I just get the feeling that we're all just shrugging and letting Ike ruin our singing career because we know he'll just calm down after a bit and then we'll get that fur coat we want and we'll be happy again like we used to be.