How has Batman inspired you in real life.

[spanky_jones]

For me.

Enroll in Martial Arts, take a stalking/tracking class and go back to school and get my degree in criminal justice. How about the rest of you?

 

[Daddy Long-legs]

Batman has inspired me to learn martial arts, and the Joker isn't an inspiration as much as something to ponder.

 

[Fudgie]

He has only inspired me to buy his comics and movies hahaha. But it's cool if he really inspired people to make their lives better.

 

[DeGenerate10]

My son's middle name is Wayne

 

[BatmanFanboy]

One time I was dressed as Batman and I stopped a street fight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFmjoe90Ebc
It was life defining

 

[spanky_jones]

dude that is awesome.

 

[SUPARNOVAX]

One time I was dressed as Batman and I stopped a street fight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFmjoe90Ebc
It was life defining

Too good lol

 

[jonathancrane]

I have always found "Why do we fall" to be a passage of power.

 

[BlueLightning]

Batman stories has teached me many things. But the most important lessons I learned come from The Dark Knight Trilogy. When I saw the movie this summer, I made a quick list I'd like to share with you:

- We fall, so we can learn to pick ourselves up.

- It is no what we are underneath but what we do that defines us.

- The night is darkest before the dawn.

- Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.

- We must never lose faith in people.

- Sometimes we have to make sacrifices to make the right choice.

- Never lose hope, even in the darkest hours.

- In life, we must give our best, we must give everything.

- We can be happy, if we give it an opportunity.

 

[CapedCrusader14]

Batman has taught me many values, morals and lessons that I do my best to apply to in my life. I hope to stick by them for the rest of my life as well.

BlueLightning's post sums up the trilogy's inspiration on that part.

 

[kewlmatto]

It's hard to know if it was Batman or whether I was simply predisposed to these ideals anyway (is that why I like Batman in the first place?).

It's a little chicken-or-the-egg for me, seeing as I have been a rabid Batman fan since about five years old.

For me, I am staunchly anti-capital punishment. While I think many criminals should be locked up for their entire lives, I just do not believe it is appropriate for any government or society to take a life.

I guess that's a big moral I share with Batman.

I think I generally believe in a non-consequentialist line of ethics, which I see Batman as following too - in that it doesn't matter the consequences, some acts are just the right thing to do regardless.

 

[spanky_jones]

dude Batman speaks to the five year old in all of us.