I wasn't planning to apologize, since you're the only one who's chosen to be offensive.
The vast majority of mutants on SV have been demonstrably dangerous; even Chloe and Clark acknowledge this, hence their dismay at discovering that Chloe is a mutant, and Chloe referring to herself as a time bomb. Even so, Lex doesn't simply lock up every mutant he can find. He tags and samples them, yes, and leaves them to peacefully awaken in their own beds the next morning, with no traumatic memories or physical aftereffects, to go happily about their own lives. How is this torture? And how is Lex supposed to find anything to cure those who want/need to be cured unless he does study the problem?
Given what we have seen on SV, Lex has held no one long-term unless that person has committed crimes and poses a threat to the public. (Again, recall the mutant farmer who was merely observed from a distance until Lex discovered he'd been enslaving and killing his workers, at which point Lex ordered him captured.) Would you prefer that dangerous people run loose, instead, to create more victims? Are you advocating anarchy?
As for why Lex is the one doing these things, as opposed to someone else -- I say again that he is the only one who has seen the problem and stepped up to deal with it. You might as well ask who appointed Clark to rescue people. Like Lex, if he sees the need, he steps in. Does that make him 'evil' by your standards, as well? Clark has certainly killed, if that's where you draw your line, and he has contribued to many people being locked up, as well. The fact that he lacks the means to establish his own holding facility is hardly relevant.
Re: Last post, really this time.
The vast majority of mutants on SV have been demonstrably dangerous; even Chloe and Clark acknowledge this, hence their dismay at discovering that Chloe is a mutant, and Chloe referring to herself as a time bomb. Even so, Lex doesn't simply lock up every mutant he can find. He tags and samples them, yes, and leaves them to peacefully awaken in their own beds the next morning, with no traumatic memories or physical aftereffects, to go happily about their own lives. How is this torture? And how is Lex supposed to find anything to cure those who want/need to be cured unless he does study the problem?
Given what we have seen on SV, Lex has held no one long-term unless that person has committed crimes and poses a threat to the public. (Again, recall the mutant farmer who was merely observed from a distance until Lex discovered he'd been enslaving and killing his workers, at which point Lex ordered him captured.) Would you prefer that dangerous people run loose, instead, to create more victims? Are you advocating anarchy?
As for why Lex is the one doing these things, as opposed to someone else -- I say again that he is the only one who has seen the problem and stepped up to deal with it. You might as well ask who appointed Clark to rescue people. Like Lex, if he sees the need, he steps in. Does that make him 'evil' by your standards, as well? Clark has certainly killed, if that's where you draw your line, and he has contribued to many people being locked up, as well. The fact that he lacks the means to establish his own holding facility is hardly relevant.