06-20-2004, 05:34 PM
Gnostic makes a good point.
There's a big difference between vigilante justice ala Gargoyles (best Disney show ever IMHO) and the judge jury and executioner mentality Grab mentioned earlier.
Tamers gave us a good look into the average digimon's mentality that if you don't take the right precautions the world is in a black and white state of kill or be killed. Human criminals to a digimon would most likely be seen a too dangerous to allow to roam free and with the sad state of revolving door justice that plagues many countries even the most well meaning digimon could make some very bad choices on how certain people should be dealt with.
As for the kids even if they had digivices that allowed them to modify their partners they'd still be in a position to be repeatedly victimized and/or traumatized by what's going on. Honestly even with careful writing I don't think a series like this would make it past the censors (in America anyway) as digimon is mostly aimed at pre-early teens, which is funny considering the ages of a good
There's a big difference between vigilante justice ala Gargoyles (best Disney show ever IMHO) and the judge jury and executioner mentality Grab mentioned earlier.
Tamers gave us a good look into the average digimon's mentality that if you don't take the right precautions the world is in a black and white state of kill or be killed. Human criminals to a digimon would most likely be seen a too dangerous to allow to roam free and with the sad state of revolving door justice that plagues many countries even the most well meaning digimon could make some very bad choices on how certain people should be dealt with.
As for the kids even if they had digivices that allowed them to modify their partners they'd still be in a position to be repeatedly victimized and/or traumatized by what's going on. Honestly even with careful writing I don't think a series like this would make it past the censors (in America anyway) as digimon is mostly aimed at pre-early teens, which is funny considering the ages of a good