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Yellow posted...

It annoys me when they're so good they refuse to kill someone who gets away and murders 12 people every repeatedly. At that point they're just kind of pansies.

One time? Totally fine. 7 times? That's just poor writing.

Few problems with that attitude:

1) Rule of law. Vigilantes want a pretty tight line where they're outside of the law yet law enforcement generally doesn't come after them. However, the second they start killing people, they become a target for law enforcement.

2) Moral codes and the slippery slope. If a hero has never murdered anybody, it's obviously going to be a much harder decision. And, in general, their attitude of righting wrongs includes not doing wrong.

3) It's up to the system. It's not the hero's responsibility to either punish or carry out punishments.
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