The two biggest dangers of Lex are firstly, that he is a private citizen, who is taking society's issues into his own hands.
I loved this bit, because you just described almost every superhero (except, obviously, for the scary government sponsored ones). It's good to remember what a tight line all these characters are walking. Lex is hardly the only villain who falls into this questionable moral area. There are quite a few who are fighting for a valid cause, but are just more ruthless than the JLA. And every hero has angsty moments of deliberating about exactly how much of the law to take into their hands. They're constantly sniping at each other about how Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman has gone too far. I love that Batman has a database that contains detailed plans for taking out every single member of the JLA in case they turn rogue and need to be taken out.
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Date: 2007-04-22 02:45 am (UTC)I loved this bit, because you just described almost every superhero (except, obviously, for the scary government sponsored ones). It's good to remember what a tight line all these characters are walking. Lex is hardly the only villain who falls into this questionable moral area. There are quite a few who are fighting for a valid cause, but are just more ruthless than the JLA. And every hero has angsty moments of deliberating about exactly how much of the law to take into their hands. They're constantly sniping at each other about how Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman has gone too far. I love that Batman has a database that contains detailed plans for taking out every single member of the JLA in case they turn rogue and need to be taken out.
You are awesome, and not a Nazi.