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Anon plays Arkham City (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] myotheraccount@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago

"criminal" is not an exclusive identity, it's just a label for someone who happens to have committed a crime. You can be a criminal and a worthy part of society at the same time. Killing people almost always causes more misery than it removes.

[-] Tortellinius@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Yeah, and maybe it should be mentioned that Arkham City has a huge amount of political prisoners and other innocents inside of it.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Right, though Batman stories rarely depict ordinary people who just happen to commit a single crime. Criminals in that universe are all cackling psychopaths who wander the streets, assaulting, robbing, and murdering anyone they encounter. They’re much more aptly labeled villainous outlaw gangsters than mere criminals.

[-] myotheraccount@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Thanks, I may have missed the part where this post is about a fictional city 🙈

[-] someguy7734206@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

Even in the context of the game, at some point, Batman is asked something like, "These are all criminals, should you really be helping them?" and Batman responds by pointing out that some of the inmates are political prisoners. Which is very applicable to real life, given how corrupt almost all justice systems in the world are.

[-] TheFerrango@lemmings.world 1 points 1 day ago

The worst kind of prisoners

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago

It wouldn't work because anon is fake and the question is gay

[-] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

The biggest criminals are the wage thieves?

[-] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 7 points 1 day ago

I want an arc where Batman gets a konk on the head and forgets he is Bruce Wayne, then starts hunting down Bruce Wayne for being a criminal billionaire.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

and polluters / fossil fuels, and tax avoiders and...

hmm, looks like ~~capitalists~~ oligarchs, oh my.

Holy Hypocrisy Batman.

[-] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Good Idea, start with yourself, you fucking waste of air.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

Define who is a "criminal". Usually it just means black people

[-] idriss@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago

good if the laws are approved by citizens (you don't get 40 years in prison for skipping tax vs free pass for pedos) & applied to EVERYONE (you skip tax you get 40 years, parasite twitter guy does that and he get praised of how smart he is

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

Death penalty for all crimes is a bit much, though. It's the kind of law that turns a shoplifter into a political revolutionairy.

[-] TherapyGary 2 points 1 day ago

I wasn't on board with the idea, but now that mention this...

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