You run into slippery slope arguments there though.
I think the legal systems of such universes should be more willing to use the death penalty (though I'm usually opposed to that as well), but taking the law into your own hands sets a dangerous precedent. Fair trial, not vigilante justice, though I cautiously agree that killing isn't always a bad thing.
Originally posted by DigiMark007
You run into slippery slope arguments there though.I think the legal systems of such universes should be more willing to use the death penalty (though I'm usually opposed to that as well), but taking the law into your own hands sets a dangerous precedent. Fair trial, not vigilante justice, though I cautiously agree that killing isn't always a bad thing.
Joker has had a fair trial and still kills. If the same happened to him hundreds would be saved.
Theres a difference between our world and theirs. We don't have to deal with people who regally try to poison millions of people or kill people like that.
Originally posted by Switch 07well there are some exceptions, but usuallly no.
Joker has had a fair trial and still kills. If the same happened to him hundreds would be saved.Theres a difference between our world and theirs. We don't have to deal with people who regally try to poison millions of people or kill people like that.
Originally posted by willRules
I'm pretty sure this thread has been done before, anyway....Totally against it, pretty much for the reasons Digi said and the influence of my own Christian Morality ✅ As Christian Bale said in Batman begins, when asked why he didn't kill;
"That's what separates us from them."
What separates them is they kill for wrong reasons. Heroes don't.
If theres a thread find it. 😉
My search must be broke. 🙁
I vote yes, because we can't really expect a world with multiple mass (MASS) murderers to apply the same rules that we, relatively sheltered in comparison, do.
On the other hand, I vote no, because a comic where they have to make up a new villain or bring another back from the dead every couple issues would be teh suxzorz.
Originally posted by SpookySmurphIgnore the comic aspect think of their worlds etc.
I vote yes, because we can't really expect a world with multiple mass (MASS) murderers to apply the same rules that we, relatively sheltered in comparison, do.On the other hand, I vote no, because a comic where they have to make up a new villain or bring another back from the dead every couple issues would be teh suxzorz.
Originally posted by Morridini
Absolutely for killing.If there is one things years of comics have shown us, not killing the bad guys solve nothing.
No, that just shows us that the writers can't kill them or they'd run out of good villians and material. In a more controlled setting, you wouldn't have villians escaping every time the writer needs them for a good plot device. Comics doesn't = reality.
Originally posted by DigiMark007
You run into slippery slope arguments there though.I think the legal systems of such universes should be more willing to use the death penalty (though I'm usually opposed to that as well), but taking the law into your own hands sets a dangerous precedent. Fair trial, not vigilante justice, though I cautiously agree that killing isn't always a bad thing.
Agreed although if I were a comic book character and had telepathic powers I'd be on the fence with "forced mental rehabilitation." 😖hifty: