Anonymous asked: "Because he’s the good guy." Really? I guess cops aren't "good guys" when they kill to protect us? Or our grandfathers and fathers when they served in WWII and killed Nazis to protect the world? I guess it's OK that Spider-Man doesn't kill Carnage, because you know, Carnage always comes back to kill more innocent people, so I guess Spidey can sleep well at night knowing that blood is on his hands.
Cops don’t go around killing killers—at least the honest and upright ones don’t. Rather, they are focused on apprehending those killers so that they can be tried in accordance with the laws of our nation. There’s noting inappropriate with cops using lethal force when it is warranted in the performance of their duties—but that’s a far cry from them having a “license to kill.” And every use of lethal force by law officers is meant to be investigated to make certain that it was in accordance with the regulations concerning the job. Same thing is true of soldiers; in war, it is acceptable to kill the enemy, but it is not acceptable to, for example, burn down a village of non-combatants because you think they might maybe be harboring some enemy soldiers. There are rules to living in a society, and a hero of any stripe does not put himself above those rules—that’s what villains do.The cops/soldiers kill argument is a bogus one, because it’s all about context. And Spider-Man sleeps soundly, because it’s not his fault if somebody decides to kill people—he is not responsible for the actions of anybody other than himself. For him to decide unilaterally who lives and who dies would make him just as bad as Carnage, who does exactly that.
Did’t DC already have this argument?
Red Hood, Batman, Joker?
And Batman is responsible for every person that the Joker has killed after Bruce realized he would keep escaping Arkham. And I hate… absolutely hate… to admit it, but Spidey is responsible for people that Carnage has killed.
When the system is insufficient, the needs of the many outweigh the rules.
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nikoscream said: I only disagree that Peter sleeps soundly hardly at all. I question how much sleep he gets even crime fighting at night, and as guilt ridden over things that are often only tangentially influenced by him, I doubt he sleeps well. Poor Peter.
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foliageeater said: This dude is basically suggesting that every super hero act like the punisher, a character that is a psychopath.
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Also if the Sentry tears the guy in half and throws him into the Sun and that doesn’t do the job… What’s Spidey gonna do? templephoenix liked this
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