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* ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' has lots of characters who make, at best, questionable moral choices. Cassidy is more like a villain than a hero, especially when we see what he did in the flashbacks. He may show remorse for one or the other violent act, but does not really change his ways 'til after the very end. Also, Jesse abuses his power(s) and murders people every other time. Granted, most of them are horrible people - but for someone who wants to find and confront God about his errors and misdeeds, he doesn't seem to really care about anyone outside his close circle of friends. If even that. There's also the former Nazi officer in the "Salvation" arc. He told everyone that he was a Nazi in hiding, but constructed a "safe" identity for himself, where he was reluctant to go along with the Reich and did so out of fear. He was a loyal friend to Jesse and a love interest to his mother, and seemed to be a genuinely good, reformed person. But when Jesse learned the extent of the man's actual involvement in the war, he unflinchingly told the guy off... and gave him a noose.
** To sum up regarding the main character: Jesse complains that God allows the world to be complete crap by being uncaring and irresponsible with His power and that He doesn't care about people, and this is portrayed as a correct outlook and Jesse as absolutely right in holding it. Jesse, however, [[Hypocrite|clearly doesn't care if he himself makes the world a worse place, is constantly irresponsible with his own power, and clearly doesn't care about the basic human rights of anyone who even mildly annoys him]].
*** Jesse is still correct in that it's God's responsibility to take care of the universe, not his responsibility. That he possesses identical power to God is irrelevant; God chose to assume the responsibility by creating the universe and promising everyone that He'd look after it, and Jesse did neither of these things. Jesse is also correct in that he did not seek out his power but instead had it dropped on him by accident, which means he doesn't owe anybody anything just for having it. Likewise, since Jesse cannot give up his power without almost inevitably being killed
* ''[[Neozoic]]'' is one of the worst. The [[Action Girl|Protagonist]] Lillin, an extremely competent dinosaur killer, captured (sorry, "saved") a [[The Empath|little girl]] and smuggled her into fort Monanti in ''explicit'' disregard of the Laws- and by this she managed to cause the fall of the city by a horde of dinosaurs and a conquering force, the death of thousands, the foundation of a proto-mind slavery ring, the murder of her sister at the hands of a Dinosaur and the crippling of her Mentor. When everyone finds out about her deeds... she is lauded as the savior of the city because she managed to kill the Leader of the conquering force. Apparently if you retake a city and kill the bad guy all the consequences of your actions are forgiven no matter how horrific they may be.
* [[Newspaper Comic]] ''[[Minimum Security]]'' has a really bad case of this. Either you're with Kranti and [[Utopia Justifies the Means|killing 99% of humanity is the ONLY way to save the earth]] or you're doing just a poser who does ineffective things like recycling and peacefully protesting (everyone knows that riots get headlines! [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Or free trips to secret detention camps]]), or you're [[The Man]] and ''actively trying to destroy the planet and oppress people''.
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