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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:43:33 -0400 Reverend Lovejoy wrote:
Bill Bickel wrote:
> Exactly why is it cheating for Clark to play football, when it isn't
> cheating for, say, abnormally super-sized men to play basketball? Clark
has
> Kryptonian genes, Suleiman Ali Nashnush had "8 feet tall" genes. What's
the
> difference?
>
> Bill Bickel
>
>
Well, FWIW, what we've seen on the show is that Clark has discreet
"powers" that he has to invoke in order to use, as indicated by the fact
that normal humans can be imbued with them (Jonathon Kent, the leech
guy) and Clark can lose them (the leech episoode again).
So it's not just a matter of Clark being super-strong or super-fast. He
has normal strength and speed, probably being whatever his muscles can
do normally, sans powers. He also has powers, with which he can amplify
his strength or speed - but need to be invoked consciously, and are
separate from whatever his muscles can do.
So, it is *possible* to imagine Clark playing fairly and not cheat.
There's a discreet point where his natural strength and speed ends and
he has to use powers to go further, which he can choose not to cross.
That explains how he can make love safely!
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