Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-32141455-20170619150406/@comment-4708882-20170623103029

In some he lets minor criminals live to use as informants and often his kills involve situations where one simply can't talk. Breaks in Mafia stronghold and is full of criminals who can and have shot at him. Criminal attacking civilians and threaten death or maybe worse? Kills them before they can hurt the individual. The only times I tend to not like him are when he's attacking heroes for one reason or another. The comics and in general the films don't portray the people he kills as anything more than thugs who would gladly harm pretty much anyone over money or at times for fun.

I think it depends on which type of protagonist you prefer: Those who are willing to let the villain live or one that ensures that once they are dealt with they will never have another chance to harm them again. As much as I like Batman and Joker if Batman simply killed or didn't at times save Joker then plenty of innocents would live. I believe there was once a crossover where they meet Punisher who points this out and tries to kill Joker only for Batman to (foolishly) save the life of Joker despite knowing the dangers of Joker living and the amount of innocents he just potentially doomed.