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Ethics [Thursday, December 7th, 6th period]

Krycek waited until everyone had taken a seat before he addressed the class. "So we've covered six of the seven sins," he said. "And now we're on the very last, which apparently was near and dear to our teacher's heart since he devoted an entire class period to it."

He pointed at the board, where WRATH was written in large block letters. "Wrath or anger - an emotional response to a grievance, generally based on the perception of a threat, real or imagined.

"The focus on the syllabus is 'Losing your temper is a good thing'." Krycek smirked. "So tell me why that might be, or why you think he believed that. Or go ahead and argue against it, since I know you will anyway."

[ooc: ~~Wait for the~~ OCD is go. Omg I am so tired, but I'm going to try and respond to you guys as much as possible, honest.]

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Some antidotes (http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/anger.html) may be in order.

"Maybe he had stock in Ikea?" Jamie suggested.

"I guess it's a possibility," Krycek said. "Why would that make anyone angry though?"

"Anger can be channeled into something productive," Sam said reluctantly, "and sometimes it clears the air of emotions that have been bottled up."

"Definitely," Krycek agreed. "Forcing the issue with anger can sometimes help when nothing else will."

"This professor? It's all in his wiring." D said. "Unfortunately, sometimes, he's right. If you bottle something in, sometimes it's a relief to just... let it all go."

He nodded. "Losing your temper can be a relief, but anger is pretty destructive. Could be the release of that build up gives results that are almost as bad."

"I think that depends on the source of the anger, how it's released, and where." D replied. "I knew a girl back home who cried when she got angry."

"Anger can be productive, but it has to be a tool," Tyler said. "Wrath to me suggests losing control."

"Could that losing control be used in a productive way?"

"I guess it depends on what your goal is," Tyler ventured. "If all you want to do is scare people, then yes."

"It's a completely normal reaction," Aeryn says. "It's also usually more productive than whining about it and it makes you feel better." Again not directly addressing the second question, though she kind of has to wonder if she's right there.

"Wrath is generally considered a sin when you're no longer in control, when you let it dictate your actions," he said. "Is that normal?"

"It happens," she says slowly, though she actually can't think of a time when it's happened to her. "But I think if you lose control you're doing it wrong anyway."

"Anger can be good. Useful. But losing your temper means you've lost control," Stark said. "But that could be a good thing too, maybe, if you wanted to frighten someone."

"So losing control can be effective as a means to intimidate or frighten," Krycek said, nodding. "How does that serve you in the long run?"

"Because he has issues," Seely suggested. "Maybe he just needs a bubblebath and a footrub."

"Very possible." Krycek smirked. "What might he believe can be accomplished by it though?"

"Traumatising his students."

Re: Wrath!

krycek-rat.livejournal.com - 2006-12-08 11:30 (UTC) - Expand

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socksofcool.livejournal.com - 2006-12-08 11:37 (UTC) - Expand

"Anger can keep you alive, can make you push yourself harder than is possible. It allows you to ignore pain and limitations and disregard repercussions."

"Disregarding repurcussions could be especially serious," Krycek pointed out. "When would it be advantageous to do that?"

Re: Wrath!

apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com - 2006-12-08 14:44 (UTC) - Expand

"If you don't let your anger out sometimes, it'll just stew an' simmer inside you, like, until you explode or go all passive-aggressive. But he was just angry all the time. Maybe he had a bad childhood?"

"Maybe anger was all he had," Krycek said, shrugging.

Re: Wrath!

swerval_zero - 2006-12-08 11:42 (UTC) - Expand

"Anger in battle can help you get through it."

"How might anger get you through it any better than skill or caution?"