Who: Cyrus, Jupiter, anyone who still takes this goddamn class
What: Another ethics class--this one a bit more on-topic than the last
Where: Regular place
When: Monday, 1 pm
Warnings: Jupiter can and will threadjack at any given time. That's her job. Be nice to the teacher's aide...or else.
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How to stay on top of the law! )
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The law wasn't always just, and lawmakers weren't always doing their best for everyone, and law enforcement was often corrupt. He'd seen some of that first hand and had learned even more about it in Robotnik's class.
"I think you need to weigh it up... obviously you don't wanna lay your life down so one starving kid can get some bread. Just give him a piece of your own bread. But if there's a great number of people being oppressed or hurt by a cartain law, then it's right to put your neck on the line to see the situation righted. And if you can organize a large enough group of people who feel the same way, you can probably make a difference. Revolution or whatever."
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"Well... there's not much you can do about your neighbor turning you in I guess. I mean... he's got a right to his opinion. But I have just as much right to mine.. and I think that if people, even scared people, see one guy willing to stand up for them, they'll rally to him if they think he can make a difference. And sometimes one guy can. Every hurricane starts with just one raindrop."
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"Perhaps. There is a considerable amount that a single person can accomplish, after all. However, that makes you all the more vulnerable."
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"'Bout the starvin' child, Mr. Cyrus, ain't that more of a reason to start bein' more generous? Make some charities for the starvin' folks? 'Cause that's some of the reasons why those kinda things exist, right? Give 'em food that they could live off of without stealin'?"
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Something was different in Mac's reaction, he noticed. Not nearly as removed from things... "Once the bread is stolen, the law has been broken. Does the consequence change if there is an alternative?"
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Mesprit was pretty confused. She'd thought that laws existed for a reason and had no reason to think whoever came up with them or enforced them would be bad.
"Mr. Man, why do they make laws where starving children have to be punished? That's not nice! Poor children!"
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This was the being that was one of the keys to the rebirth and salvation of all things.
And, lacking the ability to extract that substance, he could not lose that alliance.
"Yet there are laws against theft. Certainly there must be. That is the question posed to you--when is it ethical to violate the law?"
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Because he was a Boo, staying awake during the day was not easy. The added fact that he had stayed up the whole night working out a prank did not help his schedule either.
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Oh. Hello lady. King Boo is glaring at you now.
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Not that it was all that interesting to him -- Char had always viewed the law as sort of a suggestion, anyway. His disinterest in the topic at hand was blatantly apparent; he'd spent half the lecture staring out the window in a boredom-induced stupor, and was now devoting the remainder to doodling a caricature that likened Cyrus to a particularly unpleasant part of a Swalot's anatomy.
Well, at least he wasn't mouthing off. This was probably as close to attentive and obedient as Char would ever get.
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"Is this how you take notes?" she inquired, her voice cold.
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"Only for the boring classes. What do you think? Pretty good likeness, huh?"
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