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[drmoonstone]

Should I feel bad that doing my job sometimes means that murderers and other types of law-breakers have gone free or have received a lesser sentence than they likely would have otherwise

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[notmatahari]

Does it matter if you should or shouldn't? You seem to be fairly unapologetic on the matter.

[drmoonstone]

It's my job, so I'll do it regardless of my feelings.

[notmatahari]

And what are your feelings, exactly? Forgive me, I'm just curious.

[drmoonstone]

I do my job, I get paid, I continue to keep a roof over my head and food on my table. That's good enough for me.

If the person really is troubled, then I have an obligation to help them. It's troubling that a diagnosis can aid someone unjust, but that's out of my hands, and in those of the men that use it.

[notmatahari]

But if a man is lucid enough to use the diagnosis for his own means, then surely he does not warrant a label of insanity in the first place.

[drmoonstone]

Well, we already knew that about all lawyers, didn't we?

[aequitastwin]

Quit.

[drmoonstone]

And then what?

[aequitastwin]

Do something else.

[drmoonstone]

You're right. I could just quit the best job I'll ever have.

Maybe then I could become a dancer! Or even a prostitute!

[aequitastwin]

Don't be a fucking smart ass. You could just cut down on your expenses. There's nothing wrong with cutting out luxury if it means helping the world instead of letting it go to shit.