tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post5867204441106696952..comments2024-02-10T01:05:19.568-08:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Millar, Superior and "The R-Word"Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-10386824677207799652013-07-19T21:51:18.103-07:002013-07-19T21:51:18.103-07:00Besides Id much rather have people use words with ...<i>Besides Id much rather have people use words with freedom and then we all can decide if we want to support that work or not. If we ban words we ban ideas and free speech. I support everyone's right to use ANY word and its really immaterial if i "agree" with it or not.</i><br /><br />Did I suggest we ban the word, or that it be illegal for Millar to write it or have his characters say it...? <br /><br />Because I don't remember doing that at any point. <br /><br />I don't think it's great writing when all of a writer's characters all use the same controversial slang word though, especially when the characters are as different as a 12-year-old boy, an adult media professional and a centuries-old demon from hell...<br /><br />People complaining about what other people say is <i>also</i> freedom of speech, isn't it? Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-66248531446895257972013-07-19T11:21:38.181-07:002013-07-19T11:21:38.181-07:00Can we all please grow up?
Its a slang word that s...Can we all please grow up?<br />Its a slang word that some people use and "people" are in comic books. Just because you dont like a word or refuse to say it doesnt mean it doesnt exist. Besides Id much rather have people use words with freedom and then we all can decide if we want to support that work or not. If we ban words we ban ideas and free speech. I support everyone's right to use ANY word and its really immaterial if i "agree" with it or not.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08148793272496039565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-18051340713923843652013-07-18T12:19:52.582-07:002013-07-18T12:19:52.582-07:00This is a really good piece, thanks for bringing i...This is a really good piece, thanks for bringing it to my attention (came over from your CBR article about the next Superman movie being Superior.<br /><br />Thing is, "retard" is thrown around in a bunch of comics that you would think would know better. It turns up in All-Star Superman of all places -- or at least did in the individual issues but was changed for the trade:<br /><br />http://disposable.infiniteregress.org/?p=590<br /><br />(sorry, had to put the self-back-pat in there, even though that blog is basically defunct at this point)<br /><br />And it's the reason I can't go back and read Y: The Last Man, because every character in that book uses it at some point, even those that should know better... and it's alive and well in "Saga" too.<br /><br />To answer your other question about whether it's in use in real life by 12-year-old boys... I can't say that for sure, though I hear it on a pretty regular basis among 20-30-year-olds.<br /><br />So it goes...<br /><br />jmhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327043616285034425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-78325020105802742002013-07-14T21:07:20.049-07:002013-07-14T21:07:20.049-07:00Thanks for using this public forum to point this o...Thanks for using this public forum to point this out. I've definitely noticed this before in Millar's work. I can't but assume this is how Millar speaks himself. Brian Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14695267972507456083noreply@blogger.com