Federal Court Rules that the X-Men are Not Human

[Tsaba]

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Maybe, just maybe we should talk to private schools, they seem to be the only ones who get how to run a school.
Back to the topic, just another reason why Government can't do anything right.

 

[WolfThomas]

Hated and Feared.

But really I read about this one ages ago and laughed then.

Lol I can draw better than that... this guy gets paid for it? whut.

Now I have a sad.

Hard to believe at one point in the 90's he was the most sort after new artist. Now he has the dubious honour of being considered both the worst comic artist and comic writer in history.

 

[The Great JT]

What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets. What is a mutant? A miserable little pile of secrets and superpowers.

Cue the, "we're not so different, you and I," montage.

 

[lRookiel]

Who actually gives a flying fuck? XD

Judge: "We must decide, this is a matter of life and death! Are the X men human or not!?"

 

[SilentHunter7]

This is the most useless court case(s) I have ever heard about.

I would hazard a guess that Toy Biz, who now stands to receive what I would imagine to be a substantial amount of back tax money (large enough to justify actually spending the money taking this to court in the first place) from the government, would not agree with you.

 

[punipunipyo]

*not human, Homo-Superior, not human, but something better.

*Makes you wonder what our tax money all gone to, isn't it?

*Why do this? unless... isn't this fantasy? (or is it?)

 

[dubious_wolf]

I'm trying to figure out why the tariffs are different in the first place. I like that the toy companies are trying to snag some loop holes. It's what they do. But really? how did the original tariff debate go down, that would be a transcript I'd like to see.

 

[Caligulove]

Wow, companies will go to great lengths to avoid as many tariffs as they can.

 

[Strazdas]

Human? as in not Homo sapiens? We are nothing but a mere sub-category within the human evolution.

homo sapiens sapiens are humans. our ancersters are not technically "human". beside, home sapiens are the only ones that are alive anyway (as far as we know, though intelligence of some people make me doubt that).

 

[manic_depressive13]

Of course the X-Men are human. How can homo-superior be their own species when all their mutations are different? If you're going to classify them as a new species, you'd need a new species for each one, not some dodgy blanket term for anyone who can do weird shit.

The thing with the tariffs is stupid anyway. Why should they be taxed differently? So if you have personified animals that can speak and have human personalities, you can flog your merchandise cheaper than if you had done the sincere thing and actually depicted them as human? That's retarded.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Good old court system. Deciding decade old matters, half a decade after they cease to matter. Well done. Seems a bit behind, really.

 

[Tommeh Brownleh]

As far as I'm concerned, the court can die in a fire. X-MEN. Man. Person.

 

[SuperfastJellyfish]

Well, at least the US legal system has it's priorities in check.

 

[O maestre]

why do tarrifs like that exist in the first place, why the hell is one piece of plastic taxed differently? this is the most stupid thing i've heard this year and quite possibly last year aswell. man am i glad i am not an american, i would be pissed at this blatant waste of government resources.

 

[Torrasque]

This is the most useless court case(s) I have ever heard about.

I would hazard a guess that Toy Biz, who now stands to receive what I would imagine to be a substantial amount of back tax money (large enough to justify actually spending the money taking this to court in the first place) from the government, would not agree with you.

But in the end, they are arguing about plastic lumps shaped differently from other plastic lumps. In the end, they are still plastic lumps.
Its like the guy who sued the people who sold him his RV when he got into an accident when going into the back to fix himself a sammich and left it on cruise control. Or the lady that sued McDonalds because she burnt her leg with hot coffee.
It is an exercise in silliness and stupidity that the world doesn't need.

Its kind of like how some people make such a big deal about killing children in video games. They are pixels that do not exist, so it doesn't matter.

 

[AdamG3691]

uh-huh...

so, anyone with a mutation, such as that girl with 8 arms in india is technically not considered "human" now? and therefore, by extention, stripped of her human rights?

great going Toy Biz, setting up precedent for future racism/speciesism

oh, sure, this is only relavent for toys at the moment, but you know some dickwad is going to murder someone for being different and try and use that as an excuse.

also:
arguing wether the x-men are humans or not is an important issue, but preserving video game history isn't... wow america... you disappoint me more every day...

 

[Endocrom]

Yay, chalk one up for the little guy*

*= and by little guy I mean, multi-billion dollar corporations that make huge profits thanks to outsourcing of manufacturing jobs to china

 

[snowfi6916]

Nice to see that the U.S. federal courts are handling cases that really matter...

We have high unemployment still, the gap between the rich and poor is getting bigger, but by God we had to make sure that mutant characters WHO AREN"T EVEN REAL are not human. That's what's really important.

/end sarcasm

This is the kind of shit that makes me lose faith in humanity sometimes. Or just the United States.

 

[SilentHunter7]

But in the end, they are arguing about plastic lumps shaped differently from other plastic lumps. In the end, they are still plastic lumps.
Its like the guy who sued the people who sold him his RV when he got into an accident when going into the back to fix himself a sammich and left it on cruise control. Or the lady that sued McDonalds because she burnt her leg with hot coffee.
It is an exercise in silliness and stupidity that the world doesn't need.

Its kind of like how some people make such a big deal about killing children in video games. They are pixels that do not exist, so it doesn't matter.

Except that they are Plastic Lumps whose shape can mean the difference between paying $100 million to ship them in, or just $50 Million. That's not exactly a frivolous lawsuit. This is why the Court of International Trade exists; to handle disputes regarding the United States' international trade laws. If a company thinks that they're being unfairly taxed, the court gives them a chance to voice their opinion to the government. In this case, the government agreed, they were taxing them too much.

To settle whether fictional characters are human or not was not the reason the court heard this case. They heard it because a law was applied wrongly, and a company got screwed out of millions.