I'm putting this comment here because it's the same issue, just a different manifestation.
DC Comics has announced that Superman's motto will be updated to "Truth, Justice and a better tomorrow", replacing "Truth, Justice and the American Way". I'm sure not everyone here is a comic book or Superman fan, but this has already started to stir controversy. To me this is an appropriate correction that is decades behind. I can understand that when Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created the character it was a very different time, but Superman is an alien. He really should represent more than just one country. It was understandable that the illusion of the USA as a bastion of justice and fairness in the early 20th century made this possible but we all know better now. Keeping the slogan seems antiquated. Updating it is reasonable. And why do people get so hung up on antiquated ideas? Its a comic book character that two kids made up almost a century ago.
DC Comics has announced that Superman's motto will be updated to "Truth, Justice and a better tomorrow", replacing "Truth, Justice and the American Way". I'm sure not everyone here is a comic book or Superman fan, but this has already started to stir controversy. To me this is an appropriate correction that is decades behind. I can understand that when Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created the character it was a very different time, but Superman is an alien. He really should represent more than just one country. It was understandable that the illusion of the USA as a bastion of justice and fairness in the early 20th century made this possible but we all know better now. Keeping the slogan seems antiquated. Updating it is reasonable. And why do people get so hung up on antiquated ideas? Its a comic book character that two kids made up almost a century ago.
Why is it so?
~Julius Sumner Miller
~Julius Sumner Miller
