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   Dorothy J Heydt to garym@mcgath.com   
   Re: Dean Cain joins ICE   
   11 Aug 25 02:42:00   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <107bdu5$282l6$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Gary McGath   wrote:   
   >Dean Cain, who played Superman in the TV series Lois & Clark, has signed   
   >up with ICE. This is especially ironic as he's 3/8 Japanese and his   
   >grandparents were taken to and American internment camp.   
   >   
   >I'm not an advocate of cancel culture. If he had just made speeches   
   >saying ICE is great, I wouldn't want his existing gigs to be cancelled   
   >for that reason. But he's joined up with a violent, lawless gang. That   
   >should be grounds for any upcoming conventions that have him as a guest   
   >(e.g., Cincinnati Comic Expo) to revoke his invitation, if their   
   >contract lets them.   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
      
   It also suggests that he didn't learn anything/didn't really   
   think about the character he played (Superman), who is--an   
   apparently was intended to be by the original writers--an   
   undocumented alien.   
      
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