User blog:Wikiwikiwhat/Batman vs Punisher (who is a better vigilante)?

This is not to try to figure out who would win in a fight, this is to answer the question: If both characters actually existed, who would be a better crime-fighter? And, "better" can mean a couple different things:

1. Who would you root for if you saw things they each did on the news often? And, 2. Who would be better for society in the long run?

With number 1, there is the question of whom the public would say is (more) insane: the Punisher is a mass murdering vigilante who slaughters criminals, and on the other hand, Batman doesn't kill criminals, but he does dress like a giant bat.

With question 2, you have to think: who would have more of an impact on society in the long run if they both existed? When they are both dead, who would have made the streets safer for everyone else? And, with the Joker, would the Punisher killing him be better than Batman bringing him back to Arkham again, knowing he will escape again, or would that break the moral code every superhero follows? Think about it...