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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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[aequitastwin]

Aye. You should.

[drmoonstone]

And on the chance that I don't?

[aequitastwin]

A good person wouldn't be comfortable with what you've done.

You're asking this question, though, doesn't that mean some part of you doubts it?

[drmoonstone]

Maybe. There are things that come before my own personal feelings though, so being comfortable with it is a bit relative.

[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.

[sideshowboss]

I think many people, Doctor, would disagree with your argument that being in an institution constitutes freedom.

[drmoonstone]

[There are a few letters that are hastily scratched out, as if she's deciding just how to approach the conversation with him this time.]

I think that others could agree that temporary internment with therapy and pills is much better than life in prison, with steel bars and killers.

[sideshowboss]

It isn't often "temporary." And the state of the mental hospitals is really quite ghastly, it's unfortunate. Not everyone would rather risk a lobotomy. But that's perhaps what a great deal of criminals deserve.

[drmoonstone]

I couldn't agree more! Of course, it's never always institutionalization. There are some very talents lawyers these days.

[couldbeavoided]

But there is "normal" and there's "crazy." Not everyone is crazy.

[drmoonstone]

Not everyone is crazy, but I don't think anybody is normal.

[couldbeavoided]

Why not?

[drmoonstone]

"Normal" is only skin-deep.