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[expellerhead]

Who: Aizawa & you
Broadcast: text
Action: Starstruck, if so desired!
When: late at night, before the ball


Since we seem to have a fair amount of people from worlds where 'super powers' exist, let me ask something for the sake of sating curiosity: power use regulation by government. Thoughts?

Go ahead and respond to this anonymously if you like, I'm just looking for opinions.



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[aizawa is almost always in the med bay these days, organizing and reorganizing, writing down what looks like curriculum and schedules and trying to brush up on his mathematics.

on the rare occasion that he's not on the starstruck, he can be found on any of the asteroids with shops, looking for...a tuxedo. or an approximation of one, anyway. he doesn't seem very enthusiastic about it, but it's hard to find something in a humanoid shape that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.]

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[willynilly]

oh right this came up when we were trying to get the school started

it's hard to imagine a world where it's not regulated. everyone with powers are vigilantes or something?

[expellerhead]

Our own history isn't so different. Second half of the year is usually when your class will cover pre-regulations in depth.

[willynilly]

ah really?? so this is like a sneak preview!

[well now she's gonna stalk the fuck out of your conversations for sure]

[expellerhead]

Sure, I guess.

Did your middle school cover any world history prior to the golden age?

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[goldenglasses]

Now, I'm not saying I agree with it, but how would you even go about enforcing that?

[Partly curious if there are any suggestions as even with a bounty of sixty billion on his head and living on a lawless planet where most everyone owns a couple guns hasn't stopped himself yet. And he's not even a bad guy!

At least not on purpose.]

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[expellerhead]

The way our world does it is the same way you'd enforce any other law. Usage itself isn't banned, it's more when it's wielded in a way that metes out justice in place of the police or courts, or in a way that incites violence or chaos.

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[goldenglasses]

I guess my thought was more if there was someone who broke those laws what would a world really be able to do to stop or hold that person? I suppose hiring other people who are also powered.

As for the regulating itself. That would also depend on what kind of powers the world has. It just seems like trying regulate what powers can or can't be used seems like a slippery slope.

[There's a tap or two for a pause before he adds.]

After all, just as an example, powers used in a way that might end someone's life seems like it would be covered by general laws that already exist for someone who has powers or don't.

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[helmsplitter]

...What d'you mean by "regulation by government"? How can a government regulate your power use?

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[expellerhead]

Power use is just the same as using your fists to strike someone, also generally against the law. Degrees of severity apply, of course.

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[helmsplitter]

Oh, you mean for powers like the ones who can shoot fire from their eyes or whatever.

[No one can do that, Donut.]

Seems weird t'me to go putting a limit on powers above and beyond what laws you already got about killin' or harmin' people. Just 'cause you got a power don't mean you're gonna turn into some murderin' psychopath, after all. Just like how just 'cause you got fists don't mean you're gonna go punchin' whoever the hell you want for no reason.

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[athru]

I wouldn't trust the government to regulate a garden.

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[expellerhead]

Don't have good experiences with that, I imagine.

[athru]

No. People without powers have no right to regulate the people that do.

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[ladybro]

It didn't go well for us.

[ -- not that she has super powers. but she fought the war all the same. ]

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[expellerhead]

Do you mind elaborating? I'm interested.

[ladybro]

I don't mind. I should warn you -- it's not a straightforward thing to tell. [ politics never is. ] Heroes maintained secret identities, back home, since pretty much as long as there were heroes. Or I have to assume.

Registration acts have always been a point of considerable contention in the community.

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[astrobleme]

Sounds like bureaucrats just wanting to exercise whatever power they have.

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[expellerhead]

There's probably some of that, at the very least. You can't have positions of power without a single person out there to exploit it.

[astrobleme]

There's probably more corruption than not. I wouldn't trust the government at all. But that's just me...

[passingthrough]

[She can't sleep and it's text and highly relevant to her interests so it makes a decent distraction.]

The governments fell, but before that there were talks of a registry and containment camps.

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[expellerhead]

In light of 'containment camps,' that registry sounds a lot less benign.

There was a lot of talk like that when quirks first showed up for us, too.

[passingthrough]

People were scared and then mutants gave them a reason to be scared. It was all very self-fulfilling prophecy.

[Would Apocalypse have risen to power if they'd been welcomed and accepted?]

I know you went from minority to majority very quickly, but how did that talk resolve itself?

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[paraclete]

I have seen that many things are regulated by government. Are abilities like that so different?

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[expellerhead]

To some people. I've heard the argument that it's like being told you aren't permitted to use your right hand, but of course it's all relative to your personal experiences.

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[paraclete]

But they're known to do a thing like that, too, I think. To different degrees, lesser and greater both.
It feels safer, probably, or they'd like for it to feel safer, even if in reality it highlights their lack of safety. So you go from right hand to left hand to binding both the legs. The hope is always safety.

From what I understand.