tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post115133744498138890..comments2023-12-30T01:46:52.888-05:00Comments on The Roar of Comics: Jim Corrigan for the DefenseStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772087090448461047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-1153577188036438042006-07-22T10:06:00.000-04:002006-07-22T10:06:00.000-04:00That example is... poor.The Devil's Advocate, as a...That example is... poor.<BR/><BR/><I>The Devil's Advocate,</I> as a book, is <B>the</B> argument <I>against</I> the death penalty. The courts make the reasonable, but wrong, verdict, and the wrong man would have been <I>permanently</I> punished if Batman had not intervened. This is THE scenario death penalty opponents most fear (because there is no Batman to intervene in real life).<BR/><BR/>But Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14772087090448461047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-1153018877695901032006-07-15T23:01:00.000-04:002006-07-15T23:01:00.000-04:00Just because Batman doesn't kill that doesn't mean...Just because Batman doesn't kill that doesn't mean he is for or against the death penalty. In the Devil's Advocate, the Joker is found to be sane and is sentenced to the death penalty. Batman finds out that the Joker is not guilty, in this case and gets the Joker off. He didn't do it because of his views on the death penalty.Batmanisgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12666827924899741252noreply@blogger.com