sethypants
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Ah, sorry. Don't watch Nikita, and we don't get person of interest. Still, even though it's grounded in reality, do you consider the guy who kills without a second thought a hero, or the guy who shoots to wound a hero? Nolan's Batman was "grounded in reality", and he still did everything he could to immobilise without killing. If you were a victim/family of a victim, would you prefer your assailant die outright, or have a chance at long term suffering and being "messed with" in the showers in prison? If you die, then you're just dead - you have no opportunity to suffer for what you did. And a corrupt corporate fat cat isn't likely to survive in prison long without suffering - their frozen assets will only buy them so much protection.
I think as it is with Nikita, the main aim isn't shoot to kill, its capture victim or shoot to injure. But you gotta kill if it comes down to it. Sometimes its not the matter of killing all the enemies, but making sure you stay alive. I think this can be said for most of the TV shows involving a little violence. If I'm a victim or family of a victim, sure I want the guy jailed, I would never kill anyone. But if I am a vigilante/spy/cop I would kill if it means it could save my life. Its either I take him down or I die.