Ethics [Monday, January 7, 5th period]

[sith_happened]

If there was one thing Darth Vader excelled at, it was making a memorable first impression.

He waited until the classroom was full, then stalked in, cape flaring behind him.

He twitched his fingers as he reached the center of the room and the door slammed shut behind him.

"I am Darth Vader," he intoned over the even mechanized breathing of his suit. "I trust you may have already heard of me." His masked face scanned the faces in front of him. If he was at all affected by any negative thoughts and emotions being directed at him, he wasn't showing it. "You will refer to me as either Darth Vader or Lord Vader. Any other address will result in detention." He began pacing the room. "You should be grateful for that. Very few have ever been granted advanced warning of my actions.

"Today we discuss how far over the line you would go to save someone you love." Vader's voice turned cold. "I don't want to hear that you wouldn't go over a line. Would you lie for someone? Steal for them? Kill for them? Does it matter to you if it's friend or family? Does how much you love--" and yes, the word sounded awkward coming from that particular visage, "--that person affect how far you would go for them?"

Vader crossed his arms over his chest and waited for the first student to speak.

{OOC: Roster and syllabus here. I'm starting my first day of work in an internetless environment tomorrow morning, so Vader will be responding late. Please don't burn the classroom down while I'm gone :).]

Comments

Re: Answer the discussion question

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine considered the question... briefly.

To save someone he loved?

Who did he love? His business partners? Bing and Eric were great performers, sure. Oh, what the heck.

"I'd grab them and run, of course," he replied. "No sense all of us getting killed over whatever it is that's giving us the problem in the first place."

At least he was honest, right?

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

"And if you can't run far enough?" Vader asked. "Would you fight? Or cower like a worm? I've killed both."

Re: Answer the discussion question

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine considered this question perhaps a moment longer than he had considered the last one.
"Exactly how big and nasty is the thing in question that I'll be cowering from?"

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

"Let's use...me...as an example."

Re: Answer the discussion question

[dark_slippy_thing]

The moment of consideration was significantly longer this time before Valentine spoke again.
"Well, it's fortunate that this is a hypothetical question, then, given that I really don't have anyone to care about... but I imagine that I'd be very proficient at cowering from you, Lord Vader."
Sucking up. Sucking up was his best line of defense.
Aside from fleeing, of course.

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

"At last," Vader said. "Someone who recognizes danger when they see it. I was beginning to wonder."

He turned and walked away.

Re: Answer the discussion question

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine idly wondered if this meant that he was going to get a good mark in this particular discussion.