http://bugofjustice.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] bugofjustice.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2006-01-12 06:45 am

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

[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!"

Re: Talk

[identity profile] psycho-barbie.livejournal.com 2006-01-12 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Provided no one else was in immediate danger, I'd leave them fight it out to begin with, as the numerous encounters between these two suggests that either they like their current relationship, or are merely pawns in a bigger game, a contest between the gods perhaps, which would require resolving first.

"Naturally, if one of the two's actions endangered a bystander, for example, me, then I would be obligated to take that one out as my survival protection of innocents trumps all."

Re: Talk

[identity profile] psycho-barbie.livejournal.com 2006-01-12 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"In the case of injury, it becomes a case of a superior force attacking a weaker, it would now be wrong to stay uninvolved. The gods don't recognise mortal concepts of Justice, they simply don't care that it would be unjust to use Mr Bunny and Mr Sam in that manner."
fates_jaye: (for i am jaye)

Re: Turn Stuff In

[personal profile] fates_jaye 2006-01-12 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Jaye hands in last week's assignment:

Justice is like a mule, which carries society on it back like a transporting thing! It works hard and gets abused, but by god it does its job!

(Until it breaks a leg on the trail and you have to shoot it, anyway.)

Re: Talk

[identity profile] carter-i-am.livejournal.com 2006-01-12 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc: This time with proper html.]

Sam listened to the lecture, then opened the lid of her coffee cup and eyed it suspiciously. She then sniffed, convinced someone had doctored it.

"I would look first and foremost for bystanders and get them out of the area or to relative safety if that wasn't possible. Then I'd try to get them to lay down their weapons and talk out their problems. However, since I'm not a trained negotiatior, I'd probably send them to mediation or something. Oh, and if there's not enough evidence for Sam to be arrested on multiple attempted murder charges, he should be made to do community service. Maybe at a cotton-pickin' varmint rabbit farm."
fates_jaye: (see my lion)

Re: Talk

[personal profile] fates_jaye 2006-01-12 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Cage match," Jaye says simply.
can_be_more: (talyn!aeryn)

Re: Turn Stuff In

[personal profile] can_be_more 2006-01-12 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Aeryn hates metaphors. She also hates dictionaries. Because she had no idea what a mule was. Do you know how hard it is to look things up in a dictionary when you're not entirely sure of the written language?

Justice is like a mule that transports criminals from one place to another.

Kind of like a prison transport bus, really.
can_be_more: (talyn!aeryn)

Re: Talk

[personal profile] can_be_more 2006-01-12 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"If one attacks the other or poses danger to the people around them, then whoever caused the fight should be arrested," Aeryn says. "If they haven't done anything wrong, I would leave it up to them, to work things out between them. Personally, I think they're both insane."

Long pause. "A bunny? Seriously?"
janet_fraiser: (Default)

Re: Talk

[personal profile] janet_fraiser 2006-01-12 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
OOC: I say we go for 400 comments today. *snerk*
janet_fraiser: (Default)

Re: Talk

[personal profile] janet_fraiser 2006-01-12 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Did you somehow miss that most of last semester we talked about sentient animals?" asked Janet, waving hello to Aeryn as she slid into a seat. "Though given how idiotically some of them have behaved, maybe their sentience is in question."
can_be_more: (talyn!aeryn)

Re: Talk

[personal profile] can_be_more 2006-01-12 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"But it's a bunny," Aeryn insists, because wtf. "Parker has a bunny. It lives next door."

Re: Talk

[identity profile] cameronmitchell.livejournal.com 2006-01-12 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd call the police naturally. They might be trying to hurt each other, but they're still disrupting public order and they clearly mean to harm each other. It's not because both parties refuse to do the logical thing and report this matter, that it should be allowed to continue. Mr. Sam clearly deserves punishment for attempt at murder. While Mr. Bunny hasn't harmed anyone, he clearly needs help too. Getting him to a counsellor sounds like a good idea, although I'm thinking Mr. Sam could use a good session as well."

Yeah, he'd never be able to watch cartoons in quite the same way again.

Re: Talk

[identity profile] cameronmitchell.livejournal.com 2006-01-12 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Dude, bunnies are evil. My sister once had one and it bit me."
janet_fraiser: (Default)

Re: Talk

[personal profile] janet_fraiser 2006-01-12 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Parker's bunny is way nicer than this bunny, trust me," said Janet. Then it hit her. "You mean we've never shown you any Looney Toons? We're neglecting your education in American culture."
janet_fraiser: (Default)

Re: Talk

[personal profile] janet_fraiser 2006-01-12 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Janet waved to Sam. She'd come to class on time today, with her backpack, and was wondering what Sam was staring at her coffee for.

"Does he have a license for his shotgun?" asked Janet. "What about a hunting license? You could get him on either of those, maybe."
can_be_more: (talyn!aeryn)

Re: Talk

[personal profile] can_be_more 2006-01-12 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"No more American culture," Aeryn says, shaking her head. "Wait until the old stuff makes any sense to me before giving me new stuff."
janet_fraiser: (Default)

Re: Talk

[personal profile] janet_fraiser 2006-01-12 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Janet bursts out laughing. "That would solve a lot of problems."
fates_jaye: (Default)

Re: Talk

[personal profile] fates_jaye 2006-01-12 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Jaye's not twisting around to try and look at Cameron's ass for any reason except to see if he has a tail.
janet_fraiser: (Default)

Re: Talk

[personal profile] janet_fraiser 2006-01-12 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't worry," said Janet. "This stuff doesn't make sense to anyone really. It's just fun. But we'll wait on it."

Re: Talk

[identity profile] cameronmitchell.livejournal.com 2006-01-12 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Cameron blinks and wonders if he's got a stain on his ass. He wipes his pants to make sure.
janet_fraiser: (Default)

Re: Talk

[personal profile] janet_fraiser 2006-01-12 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Why would the gods use Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny to battle it out?" asked Janet.
janet_fraiser: (Default)

Re: Talk

[personal profile] janet_fraiser 2006-01-12 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"As for what I'd do," said Janet. "I'd probably try to determine if there was a risk to any bystanders, call for backup the police, and after both were subdued, try to make sure each had any necessary medical attention." She frowned, thinking about where she wanted to go with that. "I presume then that the police would try to determine more about the long-standing rivalry and multiple charges would be pressed."

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