Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26375037-20150507030842/@comment-1298029-20150508183232

I think the importance of such an act is overinflated. Certainly when considering whether it's worth a civil war among the superheroes. Lots of things have to be registered with the government -- businesses, firearms (in most parts of the world), marriages (except where common law marriage is legally valid), fishing, some pets, etc. As long as it's just registration (not e.g. study and surveillance), I think it's not such a huge restriction of freedoms. Normal people have IDs (in most of the world), and using a fake identity in public is usually forbidden. I don't see how the superheroes are being discriminated against by such a law. Maybe it's pesky, even politically contentious, but I can't see why it's worth major unrest. I think the major point is the acceptance of superpowered people by mainstream society. Also, I don't know anyone in the MCU who has a secret identity and would therefore be endangered by the exposure mandated by the law. It's not like the superheroes are being asked to disclose personal details (like where they live) to the public. I'm gonna wait for the movie's treatment of the whole issue; I hope they're gonna set it up so that it's a believable reason for a "civil war".