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EARTHDATE: January 15, 2012

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REAL LIFE NEWS: MUTANTS ARE NOT HUMAN

by Hazed

The X-Men comics and films are all about mutated humans who fight to prove they are humans and shouldn't be exterminated (as well as fighting between themselves over whether humans should be exterminated). But in real life, Marvel is fighting in court to prove that mutants are not human.

I know, it sounds crazy, but it's all to do with import duties. Marvel action figures are made abroad (isn't everything these days?) and imported into the US, so are subject to import taxes. But here's the thing: the tax on dolls is higher than the tax on toys. The difference between the two is that dolls are considered to be representations of people, whereas toys are not.

So it's to Marvel's benefit to get a court ruling that mutants are not people. Crazy, huh?

Source: http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2011/12/29/are_mutants_human.html


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