Ethics [Monday, March 11, 5th period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was leaning against the desk as the Ethics class walked in. A crumpled version the syllabus was in his hand.

"I hope you all stayed dry this weekend and kept your fish throwing to a minimum," he said. "The syllabus says that we're supposed to begin a discussion of the seven deadly sins today, but I want to get to know you a little bit first."

He was supposed to be a new instructor, after all.

"What manner of action do you find unforgivable?" he asked, his voice and manner completely unreadable. "Treason against your country or homeworld? Stealing from the defenseless? Slavery? Murder? Let's not worry about extenuating circumstances for the moment. If I were to tell you I killed children, most of you would recoil, correct? Where do you draw that line in your head? How far does someone have to go before you say 'that's wrong and there's no getting past it'?"

He avoided John's eyes as he paced around the room, finally pointing at a student. "Go ahead."

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Re: Answer the discussion question

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentines tended not to have much in the way of morals- if it was good for a Valentine, then it was just plain good- so it took a bit of consideration before this particular one managed to drum up a reply.
"Not right would be..." he paused to think a moment more, "not admitting that you've done wrong, even if you know you have."
Not that he was referring to himself, of course. Anything that might relate to this particular answer was entirely his tower's fault and he was entirely in the right.

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

Anakin looked up sharply at Valentine's answer before slipping back into teacher mode.

"Interesting," he said. "Is this a confessional thing, like down at the church?"

Re: Answer the discussion question

[dark_slippy_thing]

"Not really," Valentine said at length. "It's more of an 'admit you've messed up, stop making other people suffer because you refuse to admit that you're an idiot and keep running away from the issue' sort of thing."
Because, frankly, Valentine was still not pleased that his best options were currently Fandom Dorms or the streets.
Stupid tower, anyhow.

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

Again with the ever-so-slightly guilty look from the teacher.

"Interesting," he said neutrally.

Re: Answer the discussion question

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine shrugged his shoulders slightly-- he was totally unaware of the guilty look, as usual.
"It's difficult to pick out any one thing that crosses the line. But if the line is already crossed, the best way I know to make it worse is to refuse to own up to the fact that you crossed it in the first place."