• Question: "Most super heroes are good enough and skilled enough to disarm the Joker in that situation without needing to use lethal force–Batman certainly is." And then the Joker escapes and kills again, and again, and again. So the death penalty would prevent this. It's a cut and dry case. To argue otherwise, especially when he admits to his murders, is insane. - Anonymous
  • Answer:

    brevoortformspring:

    It’s not for a random citizen to decide to give somebody the death penalty, whether they’re a super hero or not. That is, under our system, for a jury of his peers to decide within the structures of a court of law.

    You are entirely too quick to want to pull the trigger on somebody. I hope you don’t get pulled over for speeding by a cop with a grudge.

    Too quick to pull the trigger on the Joker!? Are YOU joking? I just followed this tumblr and the very first post I see is making me regret it. Vigilante superheroes like Batman operate AGAINST THE LAW. One of the reasons I love Wonder Woman is because she is one of the few who recognizes that sometimes killing is the best choice even when it isn’t the only choice, and heavens look at her still being one of the most beloved comic book characters. Batman makes the choice to break all of those laws because he doesn’t believe that our justice system is adequate, but when the justice system he already had little faith in continues to fail time and time again where the joker is concerned he still wont kill him because its wrong. That makes no sense.
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  2. grimwolf13 said: But then technically speaking to truly get a jury of peers wouldn’t you need the jury to be all homicidal maniacs, nihilists, certifiably insane sociopaths? In which case he’d never be convicted.
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