Ethics [Tuesday, March 10, 2nd period]

[sith_happened]

"Love is patient, love is kind," Anakin began, looking down at his notes, then snorted and made the universal symbol for "blah, blah, blah" with his hand.

He might secretly be a soft touch on the subject, but he was hoping no one in the room would call him on it.

"In my version of the Jedi Order, we were taught that in order to maintain the proper distance necessary to negotiate impartially across our galaxy, we were to strive for serenity, not passion. To be Jedi, we should not know anger, or hatred...or love. When we were very small children, we were raised in the Temple so that family loyalty or planetary allegiance would not get in the way of following the will of the Force."

He crossed his arms over his chest and glanced around the room. "Is this an unreasonable standard to hold someone to? Can you stop someone from falling in love? What do you think they were trying to prevent?"

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Re: Answer the discussion question [3/10]

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

"But oh so true." Marco pointed out. "The Beatles said, it must be."

Re: Answer the discussion question [3/10]

[sith_happened]

Anakin gave himself a quick lecture on why making a student's head explode would be bad, then did it again.

"They also said that we all live in a yellow submarine, which is completely untrue. Answer the question without song lyrics."

Re: Answer the discussion question [3/10]

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

"I was in a submarine once, except it wasn't yellow." Marco pointed out. "And I stand by my answer, love is important, and trying to cut it out is stupid. People need emotions. We're lumps of organ without them." He paused. "I was a lump of organs once, it hurt a lot."

Re: Answer the discussion question [3/10]

[sith_happened]

Another pause as Anakin gave himself a more extensive lecture. "Why is love important?" he asked.

Re: Answer the discussion question [3/10]

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

"Because it makes you do stupid things like sacrifice everything to save your mother." Marco paused. "I didn't mean to say that part out loud. And because it just is."

Re: Answer the discussion question [3/10]

[sith_happened]

Anakin's face went through a flurry of emotions, but he didn't say a word as he walked away.

Re: Answer the discussion question [3/10]

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

"Did I say something?" Marco asked the air.