Lagmonster wrote:Rabid wrote:- Wait a bit longer, and we'll see « supervillain » rise from this. That's seems logical.
No, it does not. A guy in a costume is serving his ego by making himself recognizable. It's like creating a brand, at best. A successful career criminal, however, does NOT profit by being readily identifiable. A real supervillian - such as, say, any successful mob boss or investment trader, succeeds because they can make themselves appear to be just like everyone else, and perform their crimes anonymously.
Yes, I know, that was stupid. It seemed funny, writing it.
Although that raise the point of :
Are these guy going to "run" only after the little dealers, or human scum of that category ; or will they try to bring down bigger prey, like mafioso, corporate assholes or corrupt politicians ?
No moral judgment here whatsoever : I'm just curious to see where things will come...
Lagmonster wrote:People going into the streets - in and of itself - is perfectly legitimate and valuable way to deter crime. Suburban organized watches gather in groups of five or more, and take late-night social walks around their blocks while carrying flashlights. They never engage criminals and never investigate; they serve merely as a presence to keep the streets busy and illuminated - since a burglar probably doesn't want to operate in a busy public area, because such an environment lacks the kind of quiet and desertion that you'd prefer if you were trying to do something sneaky.
I agree with you. When I was talking about the "police's job", I was more thinking about the whole "arrest suspect" thing, and what come after that. Yes, it is legitimate for people to watch out for burglar, human scum, or just drunk teenagers ; however, it is of the Police's responsibility, and no one else (in my opinion at least), to interpellate suspect people, and arrest them if necessary.
Lagmonster wrote:Nano-technology will not create superhumans; The idea is lunatic - you'd get much farther with cyborgs and even then there are stress limits on biological structures of our particular mass and shape. If you want to be small-arms-proof and travel at high speeds through the air while wiping out bad guys, buy a A-10 Warthog.
Man ! You're no fun ! Just imagine peeing a swarm of molecular de-assembler on people : Meaner than acid, people turning into grey-goo ! What's not to like ?
But, yeah, more seriously, for the foreseeable future, when you want to spread a bloody mayhem, there's nothing more effective than [REDACTED]* [
Note : we don't want to give strange peoples strange ideas, aren't we ?]
*note to myself : do not explain on a public board how to make napalm by yourself...
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- PeZook
