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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Viktyr Gehrig" data-source="post: 576594" data-attributes="member: 9249">I think the Punisher is LN with evil leanings, myself. He has a very strict code of acceptable behavior, which he upholds. Others who violate this code are acceptable targets for his vendetta. Castle is sadistic and genuinely enjoys the pain and suffering he inflicts. On several occasions, he explains to others that he doesn't care about innocent people or protecting good-- he kills criminals because he hates criminals. At the same time, Castle hates other vigilantes because of their lack of self-control and the threat he feels they represent to the social order-- Castle considers himself self-controlled enough that his activities do not damage social order as a whole. Other vigilantes are too sloppy, too angry, or otherwise too out-of-control to be allowed to operate. His attitudes towards the spandex superheroes are more divided. He sees them as naive, and too weak to make the choices he does, but acknowledges that they, too, fight criminals, and they protect the innocent-- a job he himself has no interest in. Despite both superhero and police interference in his crusade, he will not kill members of either group. However, his treatment of Daredevil also shows that he believes in his ways, and believes that other people should follow his code-- or at least, understand and acknowledge it.</blockquote>