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[NaruSaku fan in Kentucky]

I don't know if this isvthe right section to ask, but in your honest opinion, should Batman kill the Joker?

Edited by NaruSaku fan in Kentucky, 18 August 2016 - 10:35 PM.

[rocci]

I don't know if this isvthe right section to ask, but in your honest opinion, should Batman kill the Joker?

No, because he's batman.

Jk. Should joker die? Yes, but should batman the one who kill him? No because of the no kill rule.

[Fyuria'sLeo]

I have a high standard on Batman with his no killing rule, it's there for a reason.

 

In my honest opinion Batman is someone who wants to help the villains seek help, and even though the much crazier ones like Joker tend to not try Batman still tries to help him.

[Phantom_999]

Can't really debate that. -___- The Joker never stays dead regardless.

 

Can much more lives be saved if he's offed? for sure. But again Batman wouldn't go though with it for the most part and again death is never permanent with characters too popular with the fan-base.

Edited by Phantom_999, 19 July 2015 - 04:42 PM.

[Nar123]

Not really, he wouldn't really be the batman if he fought to kill the joker

[chouzu_tao]

I've never been a follower of Punisher comics. But if the Joker were real, I'd rather have the Punisher deal with him than Batman. He is an example of the few people in this world where no amount of therapy or rehabilitation efforts will change them, simply because of the make-up of their brain. 

 

Batman, as a character should never cross that line, although if I'm remembering right, he has, even if it was slightly indirect. But if these two were real life characters and the system had failed so many times to keep Joker behind bars, I'd be hard-pressed to fault  Batman for taking the Joker's life. 

[Pix]

Honestly, my biggest pet peeve with superheros (especially DC) is the no kill rule. There just comes a point where you have to consider the amount of people these villains have killed, and all of the crime they've done. Keeping them alive and giving them a chance to change their lives doesn't do any justice to the victims' families and such. If I were a superhero The Joker, Scarecrow, Penguin, and Two-Face would be gone. 

 

But yeah, another thing is that popular characters will never go away. (Unless you're Masashi Kishimoto and kill them for the sake of shipping)

[James S Cassidy]

I think the bigger question I have more than "Should Batman kill the Joker" is "Why hasn't the Gotham Justice system not give him the death penalty?" I am sorry, but the "insanity plea" can only go so far and you could argue that if he really was insane, then how does he keep breaking out of prison? There is some logical thought process somewhere.

Joker says he is crazy, but then again Joker says that EVERYONE is crazy or is at least one step from it. So why doesn't the justice system just give him the death penalty.

[Nar123]

I think the bigger question I have more than "Should Batman kill the Joker" is "Why hasn't the Gotham Justice system not give him the death penalty?" I am sorry, but the "insanity plea" can only go so far and you could argue that if he really was insane, then how does he keep breaking out of prison? There is some logical thought process somewhere.

Joker says he is crazy, but then again Joker says that EVERYONE is crazy or is at least one step from it. So why doesn't the justice system just give him the death penalty.

 

Because if the justice system in Gotham worked the story would be over

[rocci]

 
Because if the justice system in Gotham worked the story would be over

No conflict no story.

[Legend054]

It would go against his morals so no. Otherwise he'd look just as bad as the Joker, which is what the Joker wants.

[Nate River]

I think the bigger question I have more than "Should Batman kill the Joker" is "Why hasn't the Gotham Justice system not give him the death penalty?" I am sorry, but the "insanity plea" can only go so far and you could argue that if he really was insane, then how does he keep breaking out of prison? There is some logical thought process somewhere.

Joker says he is crazy, but then again Joker says that EVERYONE is crazy or is at least one step from it. So why doesn't the justice system just give him the death penalty.

 

Do they actually use that? 

[chouzu_tao]

 

Do they actually use that? 

 

Yeah. In story titled "Devil's Advocate" Joker is caught and arrested for a crime and is actually sentenced to death after he is no longer allowed to use insanity as a defense. Batman spends the entire time trying to exonerate him because he believes Joker to be wrongly accused.