A shot rings out on a sunny afternoon, and a figure falls, clothed in red, white and blue, his shield falling down the steps of the courthouse as a crowd screams in terror. Captain America is dead. The news is immediate and the USA is shocked. A screen in Times square replays the act over and over, and a young mother covers her daughters eyes. "Why did they kill him Mommy?" Her mother, tears streaming down her face, says, "I don't know honey, I don't know". A crowd of young people, many dressed in Che Gueverra T-shirts, laugh and drink wine, smashing bottles on the street. "The man is dead!" One yells, then performs a dance on the sidewalk. "America is going DOWN!!" His friends all laugh.
On the TV, many commentators are talking. Fox has "Captain America remembered" and details his fight against the nazis, and his defined sacrifice for his country. Keith Olberman takes a different tack, saying "Did Captain America die for his own foolish Patriotism?"
2007-03-10
00:57:34
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