Chatting with: RLSH Phoenix Jones

PK: You are like Batman right?
VJ: kinda
PK: Is your suit all armored up?
VJ: yes
PK: It kinda looks like Handcock's... did you see that movie?
VJ: yeah love that movie
PK: Why do you wear a ski mask? It makes you look like a bad guy.
VJ: i dont i have new suit
PK: Did you useto be the Black Knight?
VJ: no but he is awesome i know him
PK: Is it ok If I call you Velvet Jones? I think the Phoenix title is tied to directly in to the Marvel comics character.... Velvet Jones sounds so bad ass.. like you are taking back the streets with style!
VJ: haha if you want to i will let you but phoenix has a special meaning to me that i cant explain
PK: Sure sure I am betting it is something special like a rebirth or reaffirmation of your soul to bring positive change to the world around you or some such.
VJ: no its mine sons middle name its my rebirth was the birth of him and when he got hurt by this citys scum i decided to burn all the criminals down re birthing seattle
PK: Nice.. very good orgin story... So why did you chose to become a masked avenger to act on this moment of revelation?
VJ: i wanted revenge but when that subsided i wanted to help other people so what happend to me doesn't happen to them
PK: How well would you say your working relationship is with your peers in the RLSH community?
VJ: bad they hate me
PK: Why?
VJ: because im hard on bad guys and im close to a vigilante
PK: Do you carry a firearm?
VJ: no way tazer and pepper spray and my fist
PK: Well that makes you less of a vigilante if you are unarmed. I suppose others might question your costume activities based on what your actions are when you come across a "crime". Are you sure you are helping or are you still venting your anger out on people who hurt your child?

Phoenix Jones is offline.

Spotlight: RLSH The Blue Blaze

Ah I do love it when a cape makes the news.


http://democratherald.com/news/local/article_d544f830-a581-11df-ba16-001cc4c002e0.html

Lebanon Police

And he can turn invisible — At 10:40 p.m. Monday, police received a call of a suspicious person at the 7-Eleven store and then the Ford dealership. The caller said a man wearing blue Spandex and a ski mask, carrying an umbrella and flashlight, was telling people he is a crime stopper named “Blue Blaze.” Police were unable to locate the wannabe super hero.


Imagine that people calling the police on someone in a silly looking costume declaring to be their saviour! Here is a quote from The Blue Blaze about masks.

"I first vowed never to wear a mask, but people kept confusing me for a jogger or bicyclist. After I started wearing a biker buff around my mouth, people instantly identified me for what I was in a positive and approachable manner."

Yes Mr. Blaze people did indeed identify you for what you are....a lunatic in blue spandex running around at night in car lots.

It seems the RLSH will never learn.... masks and costumes are for charity events... patrolling at night with them makes you look like a vigilante.

Seems like the police want to ask you a few questions Mr. Blaze.... say Zetaman knows who you are! Maybe he will do his civic duty and help law enforcement like all good little Real Life Super Heroes say they do.

Heroes with Guns

One of the first points made here against the RLSH movement was about the Gun.


People out in the night with a firearm looking for problems to solve is a vigilante. Many a hero, villain, and supporter stood up and said that is not what the movement was about. I was misinformed, incorrect, and wrong. I was told anyone who carried a firearm would be dealt with and not considered a RLSH.


So please inform me! Superhero carries a firearm. He has said so, this is a fact. Please tell me how this act is justified?

In his own words he claims to need this for self defense against the 00.1% of people who have made threats against his life or those of Team Justice. Why have people made threats against them? I can only speculate that certain people in society do not feel like they need self proclaimed protectors. I also wonder what happens after 10% of the populous stands against the RLSH? If you use fire arms for 00.1% what next, full automatic machine guns? Grenades? Flame throwers?

A Firearm is a tool of man, the same as a flash light, a microwave oven, or a wrench. Will you stumble around in the dark if you have a flash light? Will you boil water over an open fire if you have a microwave oven? Will you use your hands to undue a bolt if you have a wrench? And will you restrain someone who is dangerous or shoot them instead?

As the Kick-Ass movie states... they don't have powers.... and they don't care.