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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 31 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

"Plus we're an unelected judge, jury and executioner"

Which continuity is this? Batman and Superman mostly beat people up and drop them off for the authorities, you could make a valid argument about whether it's their right to use violence at all but they're generally not acting like judges or juries at all, and definitely not executioners unless it's some weird offshoot story.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Also Superman almost always goes out of his way to make sure that nobody dies just because he's fighting a giant robot. I don't think these are good characters for this joke.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

The kinda bad reboot in DCCU a bit back definitely has a lot of collateral deaths.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Executioners don't just execute the death penalty, historically.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've never heard the word used for somethingg other than killing people

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They also did corporal punishment and torture.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Yeah, not something Superman generally does either

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

They didn't just beat people up, though, right?

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 2 points 7 months ago

Also torture and killings.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Eh . . . depends. Ever read the WikiPedia page on Hanged, drawn, and quartered?