Originally posted by Darth Vicious
I dont agree with this. You dont need a computer to know about Paris Hilton or MySpace. Paris Hilton is on the news pretty much on a daily basis. MySpace has also been on the news constantly due to the sexual predators and also pretty much every american teenager is hooked on MySpace and they are constantly talking about it. Im on Caps side but Sally had a very valid point. If he was Captain China or Captain "other place" he might have an excuse but living in america, he has no excuse. He should know about this things at some level. The only thing he might have an excuse about is YouTube, I dont see Cap sitting in front of a pc looking at silly videos.
Paris Hilton is irelavant, almost counter productive. Why would anyone even care if they knew about her or not? Would you think less of a person who didn't know about Paris Hilton? No. Would you think less of a living legend, a war veteran who is practically what.. 70 years old because he didnt know about Paris Hilton? I think what Sally said was despicable to be honest, it's spitting in the face of older generations and more honest ones at that.
Steve comes from a more hard working generation, where America sacrificed alot more and their nation wasn't brinking on extremely dangerous levels of obesity or obsessed with celebrities. Would you go up to an old man and berate him for being set in his ways? No you really wouldn't, Captain America is still set in his 1940's mindset, maybe he is. But if anything that is a good thing because he hasnt been corrupted by the culture and pure idiocy of MU America.
616 modern America is something to aspire to? Wrong, they swallow everything and anything they have been told. Despite the fact Spiderman and the X men are blatantly forces for good what do they do? they attempt to drive them out, they do not appreciate them. They sit there and let mass murderers and rapists protect them (ie New Thunderbolts). In my eyes they have got too dependent on the superheroe's, too arrogant and confident they will always be there for them.
It's shown pretty well in Civil War, as soon as a pact of Super Heroes stop fighting for what the masses think is right they are deemed "evil" or in the wrong. Or any new team that doesn't have press conferences and fight off Galactus, like the Runaways for example are seen as a menace and tried to be forced to be split up.
If it came down to be Tony Stark, modern and representing today's Marvel America or Steve Rogers, conserving the Marvel America of the past.. then guess what? Unsuprisingly I would choose Rogers, Every single time.
Just because he doesn't indulge in the same hobbies as them or have a computer or even watch the same television programs, doesnt mean that he doesn't understand what is right and wrong. I think that he more than anyone has a better understanding of morals and democracy, seeing as he fought for it for years and has more life experience than any Myspace addict.
In summary, Sally Floyd needs to be kicked in the vulva. That is all.