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

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Weiss pondered the question. His Mom, his brother... sure, probably very far indeed. Parker? "If it was necessary, I'd break the law," Weiss said. "Lie or steal. If it came down to that."

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

"Would it matter what you were being asked to steal?" Vader asked. "Or from where?"

Re: Answer the discussion question

[http://users.livejournal.com/weissguy_/]

"I'm not stealing anything for the government," Weiss said. "Other than that... uh, probably not."

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

"Would you steal from the government? Or someone else's government?"

Re: Answer the discussion question

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"Oh, wait. Duh. I misspoke. I'm not stealing from the government. Steal for the government, yeah, okay. And steal from other governments or terrorist organizations, I'm down with that," Weiss said. It's a man's life in the CIA. Travel, adventure, random theft.

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

"You wouldn't steal from my government."

It wasn't a question.

Re: Answer the discussion question

[http://users.livejournal.com/weissguy_/]

"Well, you're kind of terrifying, so I can see how that might be," Weiss said, swallowing hard.

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

"Another student not afraid to point out the completely obvious," Vader said scathingly. "Lucky me."

Without another word, he spun on his heel and stalked away.