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In that case, it's a good thing he's around to stop the non-human villains, since presumably the laws about killing and whatnot wouldn't apply to them either.
by pcthrowaway 4y ago
In that case, it's a good thing he's around to stop the non-human villains, since presumably the laws about killing and whatnot wouldn't apply to them either.
- 29athrowaway 4y agoNot being a person also means you have no rights.
- anonymouskimmer 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_trial#Historical_animal_trials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_trial#Historical_animal... > in ecclesiastical courts the animals were routinely provided with lawyers
- 29athrowaway 4y agoKriptonians are not in the terrestrial Tree of life and are therefore not animals (not part of the kingdom Animalia, which makes you an animal). Therefore animal law would not apply to a Kriptonian due to being a non-animal.
- anonymouskimmer 4y agoThat seems like a mighty big claim to be arguing in an ecclesiastical court. You're saying that God didn't create all life (including Kryptonian life) on the fifth and sixth days? We might have to have a trial for heresy. Edit to add: I believe from the wikipedia article that ecclesiastical courts would assign lawyers to all defendants, regardless of their nature.
- 29athrowaway 4y agoLuckily those courts have no jurisdiction now.
- anonymouskimmer 4y agoAnd now you're saying the Vatican is not a sovereign state?! You're digging yourself deeper and deeper 29athrowaway. I fear for your soul.
- 29athrowaway 4y agoSuperman doesn't live in the Vatican. And if he did, because the crime rate is so low, the plot would be so boring that nobody would have ever bought the comic and nobody would know Superman.
- anonymouskimmer 4y agoThe next best thing to the Vatican: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V5bFcDHjasQ/T_EVGAgszFI/AAAAAAAAAOc/v7PWWXDMzK0/s1600/Superman_01.jpg https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V5bFcDHjasQ/T_EVGAgszFI/AAAAAAAAA...