But really, trying to frame some guy that a hundred-million people think is some super-hero? It's crazy. They certainly may be doing it, but it's really beyond-stupid crazy.
I'd just shoot him. Easy enough to whack somebody, and without evidence people can spend their lifetimes pointing fingers at each other. Might even make a great series of books and a movie. But with real, live people making criminal allegations that aren't true? Lots of little loose ends dangling around. Too many.
In fact, I'd bet you that even if he was guilty and was not framed, there'll be a series of investigative articles and blogs "proving" he was framed anyway. The narrative is simply too hard to ignore.
Which -- if you think about it -- would give him a free hand to commit any crime he wants. After all, no matter what he was accused of, he was framed, right?
A hundred-million people don't think he is a super hero. I doubt a hundred million know him by name. And the fact is, it won't be too hard to convert most of the people who do know of him and like him into disliking him.
This could be the first part of it. Combine it with the first solider to die which is linked to the information released, and any goodwill the public feels towards him is going bye-bye.
In the next year, he can probably look forward to going from a modern day Robin Hood to some weirdo, introverted, odd male hacker who is trying to disrupt our ordinary lives.
So killing the guy who has a hundred million fans is a good idea?
When compared to false accusations, someone getting killed by a hitman who was hired by the government would far more likely create chaos amongst the public when the truth comes out.
A hundred million fans (or more if you count the rest of the world), a couple of thousand witnesses, plenty of time has passed and we're still waiting for the truth to come out.
Imagine the journalistic coup if you could conclusively prove who did it and why. The fact that to date nobody has in spite of the size of the prize means that such things can happen and can be kept secret.
But really, trying to frame some guy that a hundred-million people think is some super-hero? It's crazy. They certainly may be doing it, but it's really beyond-stupid crazy.
I'd just shoot him. Easy enough to whack somebody, and without evidence people can spend their lifetimes pointing fingers at each other. Might even make a great series of books and a movie. But with real, live people making criminal allegations that aren't true? Lots of little loose ends dangling around. Too many.
In fact, I'd bet you that even if he was guilty and was not framed, there'll be a series of investigative articles and blogs "proving" he was framed anyway. The narrative is simply too hard to ignore.
Which -- if you think about it -- would give him a free hand to commit any crime he wants. After all, no matter what he was accused of, he was framed, right?
Welcome to the hall of mirrors.