Do You Think James Bond is a Good Character?

Or do you think he's a misogynistic, alcoholic, smoking, murderer?

I personally think the character's awesome but when you look at the facts he's probably a real anti-hero.

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Suggestion:

He's just a flash version of Deighton's Harry Palmer, a rogue on the side of the good guys, I suppose. Palmer is much more of an anti-hero, though.

If Bond were straight-up and noble, he'd have been too boring to catch on. A swashbuckler of the modern era is what entertains!

Edit:
@Michael:
"He was a Pirate in the Americas"

Actually, Fleming took the name from the author of an ornithology book, "Birds of the West Indies", as he was an afficionado of the archipelago and a birdwatcher. Note how so many Bond stories are set there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_the_West_Indies