Doesn't this go against his moral code? Why bother locking up criminals if they can't be rehabilited
>>151105459I’m surprised I haven’t seen the comics adapt the 1966 take on why Batman villains keep going back on the street: the Warden is an idiot liberal idealist who believes he can rehabilitate criminals no matter how many times he’s proved wrong.Even Batman recognizes this is stupid but he has no power to change it. But anyway I always assumed (maybe wrongly) that Batman in comics would be in favor of keeping the worst villains incarcerated for as long as the law allows. He knows they aren’t going to change.
>>151105594That was a major plot point in THe Dark Knight Returns, anon.
They can't be rehabilitated, but they can be put in a location where they can't continue to harm other people.
>>151105594We all know Batman refuses to kill but that doesn't explain why he won't at least paralyze Joker. He'd still be alive but if he's physically disabled like Stephen Hawking that would at least slow down his ability to commit massive crime sprees.
>>151105626I mean, apparently not all of them
The real answer is: this serialized action adventure entertainment and that's supposed to have loose continuity. You're not supposed to wonder why Dr. Killeverybody keeps causing trouble, you're supposed to enjoy Captain Goodpunch foiling his plans.
>>151105719For the exact same reason he don't kill. He doesn't trust himself to not just go for that every time, as the easy way out.
>>151105884I know it's silly trying to bring realism into capeshit, but realistically if Batman was actually out on the streets of Gothem beating up whole groups of thugs every night then he would have accidentally killed one of them at some point.There are tons of instances of people in real life throwing a knock out punch to someone and the person ends up falling back on concrete, cracking their head, and dying right there. Humans can be surprisingly fragile in some cases.
>>151105459Batman doesn't lock people up, he just chases and hits them
>>151106015like I do with women
Crimefighting is a tough gig and he's had a rough couple of runs. It's understandable that he would have moments of cynicism, especially when discussing a like a serial repeat offender.
>>151106066>women
>>151106015> and hand them over to the police so they can get locked up.Same difference.
>>151106066Based!
>>151105719>We all know Batman refuses to kill but that doesn't explain why he won't at least paralyze Joker.It's the same reason: Batman doesn't want to stop playing with his favorite toy. Anything that permanently removes the Joker's threat is unacceptable.
>>151105884>He doesn't trust himselfSo why should Gotham trust him? Why should the people of Gotham trust their safety to someone who thinks his rules are more important than their lives?
