Advanced Criminal Justice (Class 2), Period 2, 01.12.05

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Tuesday was fun. Please, no 300-comments today. Knock about 100 off that total, please? Otherwise, good work. If you have Homework or EC from Tuesday, you can drop it off below. One note about fiction in this class: You can know that when Tick talks about Looney Tunes or Disney, he is talking about a fictional cartoon. Tick's take on it - a take that isn't wrong - is that these cartoons aren't fictional, they're just historical records from another dimension. Question his view to him and he will look at you funny. Class Info Post.]

The Tick stood behind the podium at the front of the class as usual. On the podium was a small plastic figurine of an anthropomorphic, gray rabbit. Lockheed was perched on his regular bookshelf.

"Hello, class! For the next week, we will be focusing on one individual and his relationship with that cute girl next door that we call Justice. This individual's name? Mr. Bugs Bunny." Tick held up the figurine. There may have been a Six Flags logo at the base. "Those of you who had class with me last semester may recognize this rascally little rabbit. He was one of the offenders in the Hunting Season Lecture. He is a busy guy with a lot of enemies, so we have plenty of reasons to talk about him."

"Today we will focus on his relationship with a Mr. Yosemite Sam. While we have previously discussed Mr. Bunny's reckless and devious - if not precisely criminal - behavior, it is, up to a certain point, difficult to blame him for instigating anything with this varmint. Mr. Sam is, quite frankly, a vile human being, obsessed with his own personal gain and is willing to attempt to murder innocents in this pursuit. I haven't seen any accounts of him successfully murdering - or even successfully shooting - anyone, but he always leads with his guns whenever someone poses a threat. Mr. Bunny often poses a threat, usually due to sheer coincidence."

"As we've seen time and again, there are repeated murder attempts that Mr. Bunny refuses to report to the police. Perhaps he likes to get out of trouble on his own. Perhaps he finds being shot at exciting. Perhaps he actually wants to die, but he hasn't found someone capable of actually shooting him. I can't speak for Mr. Bunny. But I can say that Mr. Sam has it in for him, coming back time and again even after falls that should have killed him! All to threaten Mr. Bunny some more."

"My question to you, class, is if you came across a clash between Mr. Bunny and Mr. Sam, how would you deal with the situation? Some questions you should think about but not necessarily answer before you give your response folow: Do you let them sort it out themselves? Arrest one? Send one or both to a counsellor of some sort? And when would you interfere? Would you take the chance and get inbetween them? Or would you take another chance and count on Mr. Bunny outsmarting Mr. Sam once again, hoping that both survive and you can confront each individual while they are momentarily alone?"

"Discuss, class!"

Comments

Re: Talk

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"How would you get them there, though?" Roy asked reasonably from her seat in the back. "I mean, if they've evaded intervention up to this point, how do you think you would be able to convince them to have it out in a controlled environment?"

Re: Talk

[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

"A good question," replied Archie good-naturedly which was in no way due to occasional glances in Jaye's direction. "It might not be possible to accomplish this without resorting to some measure of guile and trickery, in which case the luster of Justice might end up somewhat tarnished."

Re: Talk

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Which in some cases is worth it. Would that be your first inclination? To trick them, I mean. Or would you first try to mediate in an open way?" Rory asked, smiling.

Re: Talk

[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

"That would depend on how much prior knowledge I had of their history," said Archie. "Were I unaware that this has been a long-running war of attrition between them, certainly I would attempt open mediation. On the other hand, were I going into the situation with the knowledge that this behavior is a constant pattern, then yes, I might resort to trickery outright."

Re: Talk

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Logical conclusion," Rory nodded. "And because I'm curious - what would you to to trick them?"

Re: Talk

[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

"I haven't figured that out yet. Can I get extra credit if I write an essay about it?" Archie winked.

Re: Talk

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory made a note. "Okay, next time I teach the class, we're totally going to do that," she said happily. "Plan out intervention methods and ways to subdue and capture criminals."

Re: Talk

[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

"How creative are we allowed to get?"

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[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"You know that creativity is always encouraged in this class, Archie. But I'd say no violence."

Re: Talk

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"That sounds fair," Tick said, giving a quick glance toward Jaye. He hadn't forgotten her Roadrunner project. If anyone was going to try to include violence...