If you were Superman would you fight for "the American way"?

This question may be geeky as all hell, but think about it: If you were imbued with powers, would you follow Superman's path and fight to preserve the status quo? You know, entrusting humanity to do the right thing while you intervene only when accidents occur or villains arrive in town?

I sure as f#$k wouldn't.

In fact, the first time I saw a family living in a car, I would rip the roof off the White House. I'd force the governments of the world to feed their people and abolish war--and if (when) they didn't comply, I would take over. I'd probably end up a benevolent dictator.

C'mon, most of us have pondered this question at least once in our lives--tell me!

...a ways back, in which Jor-El landed in the USSR rather than the US. Wish I had a copy of it still.

that pursuing Truth, Justice, and the American Way were incompatible
objectives.

Theorizes what might've happened if Kal had crash-landed in the Soviet Union instead of Smallville.

...of what I was talking about...

where superman was picked up and "adopted" by the waybe family and he became "Batman"

Aahh the world id make.

help you rule te world m'dear?

If youre nice :)

i am verry nice :loveya:

Fer chrissakes.

Huh. I didn't know that.

I mean, outside of the WB's Smallville...

He's Jewish! All the crime fighters are.
Murry Super-man
Ira Bat-man
Phil Spider-man
Abe Aqua-man
Morrie Plastic-man

But seriously...
Both of his creators were New York Jews.
As are Stan Lee (Stanly Martin Lieber) and Jack Kirby (Jacob Kurtzburg).
As a matter of fact, when Hitler found out that Superman was created by two Jews, he banned Superman comics from Germany.

Jack Kirby and Stan Lee are the Second Coming.

Jack kicks the crap out of Stan.
Jack was a friggin genius.
Stan is a perv.
I met him at the '99 San Diego ComicCon and all he did was oogle my boobs.

And I'd cast Dick Cheney and Karl Rove into the Phantom Zone...

You should know your Americana.

Does anyone else remember that?

And the SNL sketch with baby Kal-El landing in Nazi Germany? "Uberman"?

Who has time to fight for the American way anymore? That's what the army, the police, and the Justice Department are for. I, as Superman, would focus on what I do best: kicking some super villain ass!

And I would take over the media and force them to reveal the truth about Bushco.

I'd be far too busy kicking ass to worry about The American Way.

Wait - hold on a minute! Kicking ass IS The American Way!

Today, the Middle East. Tomorrow, the world! :nuke:

In the first season the phrase "and the American Way" was not part of that opening monologue thingie. They added it later.

Friar <---super genius trivia idiot

"The american way",does it have anything to do with justice?,if so pleasr define justice.

Because it is the American Way. And I'd add a tablespoon of the Green Way, along with a teaspoon of the Libertarian Way.

And that evil Lex "Chimp" Luthor would be catapulted to the moon!

for starters.
(without revealing my true identity, that is.)

fights for "the American way", but he's basically a patsy for a Reagan-style president. He's constantly out doing police actions in foreign countries.

It's an excellent comic book. Even a non-comics fan could enjoy it.

I the Ideal where:
1) government is by the people, for the people.
2) we defend the underdog.
3) doing what is right rather than what is politically expedient.

There is nothing wrong with the ideal of the american way, it is only that it's been a long time since this country has lived up to that ideal.

but comic books are usually far ahead of others in reading our societal trends. I have read comics in several years, but I always noticed that they touched on topics "mainstream" entertainment wouldnt touch. Frankly I wish I still had the time to indulge in a good comic every now and then.