Claremont was a great writer in the 70s & 80s. However, comic writing has evolved and he has not as a writer. Simple as that. No one thinks that intensely while fighting. No one uses that much exposition.
"Okay, for those who don't know who The Exiles are or what The Time Variance Authority is let me briefly explain some details about both parties.
The Exiles are a group of Mutants (and on occasion a superhuman here and there) from various alternate timelines who travel from one reality to the next fixing a catastrophic ripple in the fabric of time/space that alters the history of entire timelines upon contact was accidentally created after the insectoid Timebreakers screwed around with the enigmatic Panoptichron's systems on accident (they were only trying to map and study alternate realities but that ended up happening instead).
The Time Variance Authority is, as its name suggests, a Bureaucratic Organization that keeps tabs on EVERYTHING that is happening in The Marvel Multiverse (and apparently The DC Multiverse as well...they once monitored that DC/Marvel co-owned Access guy doing...something. I don't know what but it involved interdimensional travel.) Not only that they are there to ensure that things like the ripple that has been tearing through The Multiverse or the Zombie Plague that has spread throughout at least 1,001 Universes do not happen. Though due to their Bureaucratic ways so much paperwork has to be done before they can even send out their massive dimension-spanning army of hired mercenaries to go do the dirty work.
Okay, onto the whole reason for this thread. For the past several months The Exiles have harmed more realities then they have fixed, not only that but because of their blatant refusal to kill Earth-1720's Reed Richards his ex-wife Susan (who is Madame Hydra in her world), her new boytoy Wolverine and the super-obscure Psylocke-exclusive villain called The Slaymaster have escaped into The Multiverse. Because of that a currently unknown amount of alternate Psylocke's are being murdered by The Slaymaster in each reality "Team Hydra" visits and while I know a lot of people hate Psylocke think about this: with each variation of her being killed in each reality visited by The Slaymaster he is causing massive temporal incursions that could very well have catastrophic effects on every reality he has created an incursion in just by murdering that world's Psylocke.
The amount of incursions Slaymaster has created is the most obvious or at least the most likely reason why now The Multiverse is dying. Entire worlds are literally vanishing from existence without rhyme or reason and whose fault is it for allowing The Slaymaster and his two Masters to escape the confines of Earth-1720? The Exiles. So I am wondering...why hasn't The Time Variance Authority stepped in, repossessed The Panoptichron and have arressted The Exiles for the atrocities they have committed? I mean I love The Exiles, but they are partially the reason as to why The Multiverse has started dying. Also what about Immortus, Alioth, Kang, Revelation and The Delburic Consortium for that matter? Entire regions of The Multiverse are under their jurisdiction...and then we have The Living Tribunal who should be the one being most concerned about this whole mess. It's his primary duty to keep The Multiverse alive and if its dying as a result of a bunch of stupid little Mutants meddling with things they should not then they have to be shut down!"
To answer your question: Because you won't get interesting, modern storylines when Claremont is writing the book.
#1 It has been proven numerous times that smoking is detrimental to human health so no, I have not been mislead. As far has having a prejudice against smokers... Sure I'll let you have that one. But tell me this. When was the last time you got all chummy with someone shooting up right next to you? Or better yet, lighting up a crack pipe? #2 How is it that people concerned for their health and the health of others put us on the road to Logan's Run Future? That just sounds stupid. Last time I read that run, it was because evil people took over the Earth. Not a smoking ban.
The simple fact of the matter is that it doesn't take a particullary gifted person to see that smoking is dangerous to the people smoking and the people they pollute around them. You seem to think you know what you are talking about, so I can assume you have acutally done some research on this matter? You are able to prove that smoking is not harmful to people? I would really really love to see this data you may have amassed.
Here is a little something from the Department of Health and Human Services. This would be a goverment website in case you are going to try that EPA garbage again.
People with STD's can be dangerous to other people.. Does that mean we take em out back and shoot them? No. We try to cure them of whatever disease it is they have. You don't like smoking, thats fine and dandy. Next time someone lights up around you, go on and shoot them for harming your health."
I've had people go off on me, especially since the law changes in IL. And every time that's happened, I've laughed at them. It's not worth my time, nor effort, to convey any sort of message to people, when they've already decided they hate me based on what I legally do in public. You want to hate someone, hate Paris Hilton, she's corrupting your children a whole lot more than I am.
I went to Ireland in Aug of 01 and security was fine. Metal detectors, take your things out of your pockets, seemed reasonable to me. In 04 I went to Toronto and I had to take off my belt, my shoes, throw away my lighter/matches and they gave me guff about my prescription medication. Because everyone is trying to get high off of anti-seizure medicine.
How am I supposed to smoke after getting off the plane? (Rhetorical question. Please don't answer with, flint and sticks)
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