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[perfect_justice]

Sometimes, some crimes go slipping through the cracks, leaving the victims left alone and without sufficient means of indemnification. Hundreds- nay, thousands of these crimes occur each year; a flaw in a justice system that has grown from strong roots, however rotted the soil may have been. Atrocities and crimes against even the foundations of

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[thewarisover]

A life for a life has never been very efficient, in my experience.

[perfect_justice]

It would not be, no. However, if taking a life would result in saving the lives of many, is it not the duty of the government to make such a decision? As irrational and brutish as it may seem, those same decisions have laid the foundation for the very military we serve in.

[thewarisover]

Have you been in a war, soldier?

[perfect_justice]

Although I have fought in many battles, I have been fortunate enough to have been spared active participation in a full-scale war. It is my dearest hope that this matter may yet be resolved quickly, the culprit caught and punished, so that the tender truce between the two countries may yet hold strong and not fall into the despair that such a war would bring.

[thewarisover]

Well.

That explains a lot. War will probably change that attitude of yours, I think.

It's good to be ideal: don't get me wrong. But be careful what you're asking for.

[perfect_justice]

Judging by my comrades who have survived such events, I must agree. However, I should like to believe that justice, even after it has fallen to such hard places, would rise once more.

Indeed, careless wishes are born from fools who would prefer a solution be handed to them, but I think that in this case I may be so bold to say that the wish I have for Ivona is not foolhardy, nor careless. It is a wish that we may all do our best to work towards a peaceful resolution of this situation. No more, and certainly no less.

[thewarisover]

Right, whatever you say.