Inside Out -- Class 4, Period 2 [Tuesday]

[last-mizrahi.livejournal.com]

Juli looked tired today, and there was a faint frown creasing her forehead.

“We’ll be talking about the ethics of punishment today,” she said, leaning back in her chair and sipping her coffee. Sweet, sweet caffeine. “Both the similarities and the differences. For the sake of simplicity I’m giving you a scenario from my world, one that actually happened, and I’d like to hear what your opinion on it is—and then tell me what your world would do in the same scenario. And why. Feel free to discuss your answers with your classmates.”

Her eyes darkened slightly. “As I’ve told past classes: there are no right or wrong answers.”

“Your scenario is this: A man, specifically created to be a soldier, finds himself at a loss after a war is over. Not having any purpose in life he goes insane and turns to killing people.” Another sip of coffee. “We caught him. And we modified his memory until he was no longer the same person that he started as in punishment, then released him back into humanity. What is your opinion on that? And then, what would your world have done to the man that went insane and went about killing people?”

"Begin."

[Wait for the OCD is up!]

Comments

Re: The Scenario - Juli's Solution

[stucklikadope.livejournal.com]

"Make him fight," she said, looking on the verge of tears. "It must have hurt him so much."

Re: The Scenario - Juli's Solution

[last-mizrahi.livejournal.com]

"We didn't make him fight," Juli said, trying to be reassuring and not facepalming. "That's what he was born to do, and when he couldn't do it, it caused problems."

Re: The Scenario - Juli's Solution

[stucklikadope.livejournal.com]

"That's just so sad," Giselle told her. "No one is born to fight. Maybe if people had just been nicer to him."

Re: The Scenario - Juli's Solution

[last-mizrahi.livejournal.com]

"Well," Juli said, "some people really are born to fight. It's like... like your singing, in a way. They don't feel complete without it."

Re: The Scenario - Juli's Solution

[stucklikadope.livejournal.com]

"But singing is happy," she said. "I'm sure he didn't mean to hurt people."

Re: The Scenario - Juli's Solution

[last-mizrahi.livejournal.com]

"So maybe he was crazy from the very beginning," Juli suggested, knowing that it wasn't the truth, but not... Giselle's logic was spotty enough without her straining it more.