Re: Immortals

"JWMeritt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >You cited a couple of people, neither of whom has a particular claim to
> >immortality.
>
> Unfortunately for your position the facts do not agree with your
assertion, in
> the JLA/Avengers cross over, Diana comments on something not being
> understandable to MORTAL minds,

And as I said, she is not mortal, she is a magically created woman,
empowered by the gods with (to borrow a reference from Superman) "powers far
beyond those of mortal men", but she is not immortal nor have we seen any
suggestion she'll have a longer lifespan than any comic character.

> and Author protests that HE is not 'mortal'.
> But that is just writing, and I fully expect you to discount that.

Not at all, but you seem to refuse to consider the concept of "context"
saying your are not mortal

> >It amounts to the fact that in superhero terms not being a mortal does
not
> >mean being _im_mortal, it means not being a normal human. Batman is a
> >mortal, Nightwing is a mortal, Wonder Woman is not, Aquaman is not.
>
> News flash:  Living in excess of a thousand years does not mean immortal,
> either.

No, but a human who lives that long would not be viewed as being "mortal"
either, so we agree on something then. Your first post was

"Martian Manhunter has shown up.  Aquaman has taken afront at being termed a
mortal.  Where is Aquaman and Wonder Woman?  For some reason I can see
neither
'hiding out', as some of the immortal baddies would."

So you specifically mention Wonder Woman and Aquaman as stating they are not
mortal, and so when can we expect to see them in the Legion era. Nothing
about the powers of either indicates a hugely long lifespan, so my repsonse
was "Sorry, but neither of those two heroes are anything like immortal." so
if that doesn't answer your question, what would?

> >If you don't think you'll like the answer, don't ask the question in the
> >first place.
>
> It might help if you addressed the original question at all about the
writing.

Okay, what would you say your original question was if I have gone so far
astray?

> If you don't have an answer, don't preach on with your irrelevancies.

And if you want people to answer your questions now and/or in the future, a
touch of politeness never hurts.