The idea of Paladins acting as inquisitors and beating confessions our of heretics is nothing new, the PrC Shadowbane Inquisitor is much the same thing.

but really that is only one type of paladin, the chivalrous knight and the honorbound warrior are others.

the point is really that people can roleplay paladins any way they god damn please.

Granted you may ban paladins like this if you want, but i perfer to look at the role play opportunities.

In fact i play a paladin much like an inquisitor, he is cautious, wary and distrustful. I still smite evil where i see it, i merely go about it in a different way.

maybe you dont see eye to eye with this class, but try looking at it from a different prespective.