Poll: If you were a superhero would you kill criminals?
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I would feel honoured to have that power but I believe I would struggle without compatriots. I'd exhaust myself trying to help. To be one amongst a handful of the Bold and the Brave would be my desire. The Green Arrow is a particular hero I like. Him and Batman. Oh, and the Flash.PedroSteckecilo said:
How do you plan to stop an armed robber without violence? At what point do you stopping being a hero and a villain for you? Vigilantes are confronted with hypocrisy daily. A vigilante is illegal because of the acts they do (assault, breaking and entering, robbery etc.) Are you truly better than the people you attempting to stop only because you seek justice or do you deserve to go to prison when everything is finished?rossatdi said:
I voted "yes-Petty Criminals"... But that seems a little too softcore.
How about a "Yes, even ten year old shoplifters" option?
How about a "Yes, even ten year old shoplifters" option?
If you have to be more violent than the criminal then that is too far. It's not something that can easily be lain in stone, it is a matter of sense. The exercise of Duty, Strength, Clemency and Wisdom. A true superhero's actions may be technically illegal but they are not immoral. In fact Batman and Superman have both been respectively deputised in various times.sheic99 said:
The key thing is that a superhero is not jury. He may physically stop and incidence or put a person in custody but he must leave the sentencing up to the police, those legally entrusted with the right to collect legal evidence. It is a thin line but one that must be walked.
Because it is difficult does not make it not worth seeking.
id base my approach on the level of crime in the city
Exp: gotham city- overrun with criminals and corrupt cops- harsher justice than other cities
Metropolis- well ordered and not particulary degenerate- less harsh and slightly more forgiving.
Id offer redemption to those who honestly repent and if they abuse that trust in thier humanity id through them in jail.
Id only consider killing if the threat was beyond imagination (alien invaision) or the amount of deaths was reaching the population level of small countries (Joker).
while vigilantism is inevitable when forced to take the law into your own hands, it dosnt need to consume your entire mind in order to promote justice
Exp: gotham city- overrun with criminals and corrupt cops- harsher justice than other cities
Metropolis- well ordered and not particulary degenerate- less harsh and slightly more forgiving.
Id offer redemption to those who honestly repent and if they abuse that trust in thier humanity id through them in jail.
Id only consider killing if the threat was beyond imagination (alien invaision) or the amount of deaths was reaching the population level of small countries (Joker).
while vigilantism is inevitable when forced to take the law into your own hands, it dosnt need to consume your entire mind in order to promote justice
A problem with mobs, a major source of crime in the US, is they are very careful with what they do, so evidence is hard to get. And their swanky lawyers will claim that all evidence the superhero gathers to be gained illegally and without a warrant and cannot be used in court. The same occurs for drug cartels, no one wants to touch them. How would you handle this problem?rossatdi said:
Hmm, tricky.
I'd probably use force to end situations, but not take it too far....
One basic warning, then bam, action-fight-sequence (without the Simon-Says QTEs). Always giving the criminal a chance to reprieve their actions and basically give up I think is necessary. After all, if they do it again then you can just assume that their first-warning was not heard, and its time for some rather less vocal diplomacy.
Person with a Knife? Ooh, would be tricky to hold without a hand
Person with a gun? Even trickier to use without an arm.
Robbing an old lady? Well a broken-bone stint in hospital after the Old Lady has had some 'reparations' from the muggers wallet should be enough.
Person with explosives? Ok, he can blow himself up. After I put him in a random field hundreds of miles from anyone.
Sure this would relatively be scalded upon by the public, but putting people off with physical violence is sometimes the only deterrent for criminals. That and a really cool costume that whooshes at the right moments.
I'd probably use force to end situations, but not take it too far....
One basic warning, then bam, action-fight-sequence (without the Simon-Says QTEs). Always giving the criminal a chance to reprieve their actions and basically give up I think is necessary. After all, if they do it again then you can just assume that their first-warning was not heard, and its time for some rather less vocal diplomacy.
Person with a Knife? Ooh, would be tricky to hold without a hand
Person with a gun? Even trickier to use without an arm.
Robbing an old lady? Well a broken-bone stint in hospital after the Old Lady has had some 'reparations' from the muggers wallet should be enough.
Person with explosives? Ok, he can blow himself up. After I put him in a random field hundreds of miles from anyone.
Sure this would relatively be scalded upon by the public, but putting people off with physical violence is sometimes the only deterrent for criminals. That and a really cool costume that whooshes at the right moments.
Depends on my power. If I had a rope that makes people tell the truth like wonder woman (or be able to turn into water) then it's not like I'd have a fighting advantage or anything.
I voted extreme cases, and with extreme cases I mean self-defense. I don't believe that every criminal deserves to die for their crime, some to many may do it to keep themselves alive. I barley believe that violence needs to be the solution, I'd be the Jedi kind of superhero I guess.
Though that is only if were looking at the scenario you presented, if there was some kind of back story as to why I was a superhero I could have done it differently. If say my family and friends died in a terrorist attack, I'd dedicate my whole life to be an a-hole hunting down and killing every single one for revenge ^^
Though that is only if were looking at the scenario you presented, if there was some kind of back story as to why I was a superhero I could have done it differently. If say my family and friends died in a terrorist attack, I'd dedicate my whole life to be an a-hole hunting down and killing every single one for revenge ^^
If I had superpowers, even the innocent bystanders wouldn't be safe. There is no good and bad when you have superpowers, the world is just a sandbox.
