How can you root for the Punisher and not Joker?

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Both are on the other side of their one bad day.

Both are considered psychopaths.

The only difference is one aimed his rage at the mob, and the other at the root of the problem: society grown comfortable with complacency.


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The Punisher doesn't kill innocents.

But anyway here's a scenario I've pondered for a bit: the Joker and Rorschach are chained up on opposite side of a table and can do nothing but talk to each other. Who breaks first?


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The Punisher doesn't kill innocents

To the Joker's POV, neither has he


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they're both trash

the ends never justify the means, the means must justify themselves


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The Punisher doesn't kill innocents

To the Joker's POV, neither has he

He knows what he does is evil, he just doesn't care.


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The Punisher doesn't kill innocents.

But anyway here's a scenario I've pondered for a bit: the Joker and Rorschach are chained up on opposite side of a table and can do nothing but talk to each other. Who breaks first?
That's gonna keep me thinking for a while.


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I can root for the Punisher because he has a clear goal and morals, he isn't a total maniac that kills for the sake to kill, he knows what to do and how to do it. And don't equate the killing of those who do evil to others: the killers, rapists, psychos and sadists; with the death of real innocents that are slaughtered by the Joker.

Killing isn't the answer, but I will shed no tears for the death of the scum of the Earth.


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The Punisher doesn't kill innocents

To the Joker's POV, neither has he

He knows what he does is evil, he just doesn't care.

Maybe he doesn't see it as evil? Maybe it's a high price for good that so far only he's willing to pay?


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they're both trash

the ends never justify the means, the means must justify themselves

That's my point.


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I can root for the Punisher because he has a clear goal and morals, he isn't a total maniac that kills for the sake to kill, he knows what to do and how to do it. And don't equate the killing of those who do evil to others: the killers, rapists, psychos and sadists; with the death of real innocents that are slaughtered by the Joker.

Killing isn't the answer, but I will shed no tears for the death of the scum of the Earth.

Consider it possible that possibly the Joker wants to see the societal system that allows these injustices torn down. To get those who turn a blind eye "in the game."


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the one true God is Doctor Doom and we should all be worshiping him.
The Punisher doesn't kill innocents

To the Joker's POV, neither has he

He knows what he does is evil, he just doesn't care.

Maybe he doesn't see it as evil? Maybe it's a high price for good that so far only he's willing to pay?

What good does poisoning children and blowing up hospitals do?


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The Punisher doesn't kill innocents

To the Joker's POV, neither has he

He knows what he does is evil, he just doesn't care.

Maybe he doesn't see it as evil? Maybe it's a high price for good that so far only he's willing to pay?

What good does poisoning children and blowing up hospitals do?

To show how the system we have in place creates these tragedies.

I am not saying he's right. I am saying that he's not so different than the Punisher. The only difference is the scope. One aims at the people involved. The other aims at the system which decides who's involved


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I can root for the Punisher because he has a clear goal and morals, he isn't a total maniac that kills for the sake to kill, he knows what to do and how to do it. And don't equate the killing of those who do evil to others: the killers, rapists, psychos and sadists; with the death of real innocents that are slaughtered by the Joker.

Killing isn't the answer, but I will shed no tears for the death of the scum of the Earth.

Consider it possible that possibly the Joker wants to see the societal system that allows these injustices torn down. To get those who turn a blind eye "in the game."
Unacceptable. The senseless killing of innocents to prove a point is totally unacceptable, even if the point is to shed light on the societal norms. That's why heroes find this unacceptable, but the Punisher knows that scum like the Joker will never stop until they prove their "point" as you say...and that the justice system in of itself inadequate to deal with a psycho like the Joker.

And like the Punisher movie from 2004 said: "In certain extreme situations, the law is inadequate. In order to shame its inadequacy it is necessary to act outside the law-to pursue…"natural justice".

That's what the Punisher is, a natural response to the injustices of the world, both from criminals and the government. He punishes those who harm others, those who bring pain and suffering to innocents, because he saw it first hand when his family was killed. He isn't trying to prove a point, he knows that he can't solve the faults of the justice system, so he just decided to wipe the house clean of the criminals who abuse of this fault...permanently.


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the one true God is Doctor Doom and we should all be worshiping him.
The Punisher doesn't kill innocents

To the Joker's POV, neither has he

He knows what he does is evil, he just doesn't care.

Maybe he doesn't see it as evil? Maybe it's a high price for good that so far only he's willing to pay?

What good does poisoning children and blowing up hospitals do?

To show how the system we have in place creates these tragedies.

The Joker creates those tragedies, not the "system". Half of Gotham's problems wouldn't exist if he wasn't around to make them.

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I am not saying he's right. I am saying that he's not so different than the Punisher. The only difference is the scope. One aims at the people involved. The other aims at the system which decides who's involved

The Punisher does evil things to evil people because it's how he copes with his losses. The Joker does evil things to innocent people because he's the Joker, and trying to rationalize his actions defeats the purpose of the character.


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The Punisher doesn't kill innocents

To the Joker's POV, neither has he

He knows what he does is evil, he just doesn't care.

Maybe he doesn't see it as evil? Maybe it's a high price for good that so far only he's willing to pay?

What good does poisoning children and blowing up hospitals do?

To show how the system we have in place creates these tragedies.

I am not saying he's right. I am saying that he's not so different than the Punisher. The only difference is the scope. One aims at the people involved. The other aims at the system which decides who's involved
Stop trying to rationalize the Joker.

He does what he does because he feels like doing it.


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The Punisher doesn't kill innocents

To the Joker's POV, neither has he

He knows what he does is evil, he just doesn't care.

Maybe he doesn't see it as evil? Maybe it's a high price for good that so far only he's willing to pay?

What good does poisoning children and blowing up hospitals do?

To show how the system we have in place creates these tragedies.

The Joker creates those tragedies, not the "system". Half of Gotham's problems wouldn't exist if he wasn't around to make them.

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I am not saying he's right. I am saying that he's not so different than the Punisher. The only difference is the scope. One aims at the people involved. The other aims at the system which decides who's involved

The Punisher does evil things to evil people because it's how he copes with his losses. The Joker does evil things to innocent people because he's the Joker, and trying to rationalize his actions defeats the purpose of the character.

The joker also uses others to cope with his loses.

His scope is just bigger.

You guys seem to think I am justifying the joker. I am not. I am saying that maybe the Punisher shouldn't be justified. Maybe he's as bad as the joker. Remember, even Batman rejected Castle's vision.


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The joker realizes he's a comic book character and knows that the "people" he's killing are nothing more than ink on a page.