Criminal Justice Class 5

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[OOC: Massive thanks to a_phale for the text and links. This kind of insanity needs people to feed it. Class Info Post.]

*There is nothing odd about Tick this morning. Well, he is sitting at a desk that he had never acknowledged before. That's kind of weird. And he is playing with some kind of remote control with an intense look of concentration on his face. That's pretty weird. And there's a strange droid passing out text books as students enter the class. That's... Well, it's probably not expected.

The droid looks vaguely like Tick as drawn by a stick-figure artist, only less blue, rustier, and held together by duct tape, Elmer's glue, and rubber bands. There is no reasonable explanation for how this thing is working at all. Just attribute it to luck or the Force or something. And probably lean away from it, just in case the loose wires, sparks, and sizzling noises amount to anything worse. Tick looks up from the controls.*

Welcome, class! Today we will be discussing a text provided to us by Mr. Phale in town.

The text is called... um... Corpus Iuris Civilis - I've been told this has nothing to do with zombies - and it is by a man named Justin Ian. He lived in Ancient Times! He starts Corpses with the following quote:

"Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribuens."

Or in English, "JUSTICE is the constant and perpetual wish to render every one his due."

I'm not sure quite what that means. Please discuss what you got out of that quote. And feel free to read ahead to give a more detailed answer!

And for this week's Extra -- *CRASH! One of the droid's arms falls off, flinging a rubber band at a student's forehead* Egads! Sorry about that! Are you okay?

Anyway, this week's Extra Credit deals with this past weekend's events: Share a story about how you faced Undead Villainy! If you weren't here for the zombies, just make up a ghost story or something!

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There's one thing I hope I can teach you before the end of the semester, Aeryn. I want to teach you that the people in charge only make the rules. Justice is a Wild Beast, roaming the Plains of Worldliness, free of control! Sure, Pioneers of Government might take over the Plains and tame Justice, and turn it into a baby calf, but it still remembers the Plains, and it just might maul anybody who handles it wrong!

Of course, if the people who handle it wrong react the way they probably would, they would go ahead and euthanize Justice. Remember this! Handle Justice well! Keep Justice alive!

[OOC: Whoah. Tick got deep and used a random and accurate metaphor. Scary how these things happen.]

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*stares*

Justice isn't a baby calf. Right. *looks at own leg* Baby calf?

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Yes, a baby calf. It's good to see that you're picking up on this so quickly!

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*turns and whispers to whoever's sitting next to her*

Tell me I'm missing something.