Advanced Criminal Justice, Class #5, Period 1, 01.24.06

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Thanks to bridge_carson for the random inspiration for this class. Low-impact and character-rich? Woo. Class Info Post.]

The Tick was sitting at his desk looking slightly tired. Lockheed wasn't in class today. It was probably going to be an easy discussion.

"Hello, class! Lockheed is not with us today. He had something else to take care of. Today, we're taking a slight detour in our discussion. Today, we're talking about your experiences."

"I know that we have a lot of people from different cultures here, so I thought it would be keen to talk a little about Justice in your original environment! Please share some information with the class about a Justice organization from your home. It can be a superhero team, the military police, your local sheriff's department, or even the occasional lone individual who tries to write the wrongs in the world. As long as they are for justice and, I suppose, according to my earlier statement, are organized, share that bit of you with us!"

"Your metaphor of the week is the shift key on a keyboard."

"For extra credit that is actually related to the lecture for once, please name your favorite Defender of Justice from your home!"

Comments

Talk [Class #5]

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

For discussiony things.

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Uh, there aren't any, back home. I mean there's the occasional roaming do-gooder but on the whole there's really no-one into the whole organised fight for Justice."

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

"Well, where I come from there is a military group that tries to fight for Justice for people from all over the galaxy the universe the place. They do this every day, even though most people don't even know their names or what they're doing, so I suppose that makes them superheroes of a sort."

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[fates_jaye]

Jaye frowns. "Um. The cops on TV are cool. Yeah, I got nothin'."

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty looks disheveled, hungover and like he was rudely awakened by getting his butt pinched by some greenskinned guy with horns.

He looks blearily at Professor Tick. "Um... Back home?"

Marty draws a complete mental blank and starts grasping for straws.

"Um... My ex-girlfriend's dad worked for a car company and blew the whistle on a faulty sunroof that leaked."

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[can_be_more]

"Well, I guess I'm part of it where I come from," Aeryn says. "It's military and we really step in where we're needed to restore some sort of order and really to torture and shoot up people who don't agree with us, but you're not getting me to admit that, and it's all done in a very professional fashion anyway."

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"There's the USAF where I come from. They might not fight crime on the streets and bring it to the courts, but they do bring peace and order on a larger scale. I think in a way they try to defend our country in order to allow the goverment to keep Justice within their borders."

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica wondered for a brief moment if it would be wrong to say herself.

"The local sheriff's department in my hometown is fairly inept these days," she shared. "But there is at least one deputy who is still a good guy and there's also a certain PI in town who tries to make sure justice is served."

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel thought about it.

"If we're going for organizations, I'd say the Watchers Council. They exist to help train the Slayer to battle the forces of evil."

Angel took a sip of coffee. Mmm, caffiene.

"'course most of us feel they couldn't find the forces of darkness, let alone defeat them, with a map, a shotgun, and a member of the forces of evil who really wanted to retire and give up the whole evil thing so he could take up a new life as a beautician. But that's what the Watchers are supposed to do."

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker is wearing sweatpants, a sweatshirt, and a Cubs cap with her hair tucked through it in a ponytail. Fetchingly. If you had supernatural sense, the rage coming off her could probably start a forest fire.

"Ummm.... I knew a guy back home who was kind of a profiler." She was not about to get into Centre Security here. "He'd look at the evidence and often be able to recreate what happened. So I guess that counts?"

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory entered the classroom, and set the papers she had been grading from the previous week on Tick's desk so that they might be handed back to the students before taking a seat in the back.

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

Archie rests his chin in his hands and ponders the question for a while, looking troubled. "Purely in the context of my time period, I suppose you could say that the British Navy is the greatest organization for Justice in that part of the world. We certainly thought of ourselves that way -- upholding civilization, and whatnot. Though, after some things I learned in Sociology last semester, I'm not entirely sure this is accurate any more."

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin smiled. "Every world has its own government and police forces, of course," he began, "but when a crisis arises, they call for Jedi." He sat a little straighter in his chair. "For 25 millennia, the Jedi have been the defenders of peace and justice in my galaxy. It's the reason for our Order. We use our atunement with the Force to bring peace and justice to situations that would be impossible to resolve otherwise."

He looked up at Tick. "That's what I'm being trained to do, sir. To become another servant of justice in my galaxy."

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge bounces. "Where I come from, we have Space Patrol Delta, which is sort of a combination between the police and the military. We- um, because I'm a Cadet at the Academy right now, even though I'm not *actually* at the Academy because I'm here on an exchange, sort of- we defend the galaxy against large-scale threats. Um, once I progress to a high enough level in my training, I'll be made a Power Ranger with the rest of my squad," Bridge bounces again, "and I'll be on active duty and stuff."

Re: Talk [Class #5]

[fh_jackass]

"There's not really anyone in my town," Logan said. "I mean, there's cops, but they're either corrupt, stupid, or both. There was a major murder investigation and it took a high school girl to figure out the truth. And she almost got killed doing it. If we had any real Justice Organizations, she wouldn't have gotten hurt."

Turn Stuff In [Class #5]

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

For handing things in type things.

Re: Turn Stuff In [Class #5]

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Metaphor

Justice is the shift key of Society, keeping the words of Truth, Freedom and Law properly capitalised, yet still ensuring that they are not stridently capslocked!

EC

My favourite Defender of Justice from my home is Hercules. He is the son of Zeus and travels the land protecting all the little people and stopping evil warlords like Xena. I really hope that I get to meet him one day.

Callisto was always a little bit of a Hercules fangirl as a child.

Re: Turn Stuff In [Class #5]

[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

"The Shift Key of Mitigation allows for the Adjustments of Justice to be made quickly between different Cases of Criminal Activity."

"And, uh, I can't reveal their true identities, of course, since they're superheroes and all, but my favorite superhero from back where I come from in Colorado would probably have to be The Medical Napoleon!"

Re: Turn Stuff In [Class #5]

[can_be_more]

Now Aeryn has to figure out which one the shift key is.

Re: Turn Stuff In [Class #5]

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Oh little shift key. So often ignored in the grand keyboard that is justice. Your importance in making offenses truly "capital" are overlooked in the grand scheme that is the qwerty system of society. Without it crimes would only be lowercase minor ones and defense lawyers would never exclamate.

Re: Turn Stuff In [Class #5]

[fates_jaye]

"Justice is like a shift key, putting the important letters in big type so you can see them and know who they are!"

Re: Turn Stuff In [Class #5]

[janet_fraiser]

My favorite superhero from home is The Man From Easter Island. He's tall, he's strong, and his commitment to Justice is beyond reproach. Also, he'll pursue evildoers to the ends of the Earth.

In the Justice System, the Shift Key is like the judges that set criminals' punishments. They do the hard work and ensure that prisoners begin their sentences with a capital letter properly. (Also, the real shift key helps make metaphors extra Keen. Because what's a good Metaphor of Justice without capitalization?)

Re: Turn Stuff In [Class #5]

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Justice is the shift key of the keyboard. While at first glance, everything in society might appear to be the same, by holding in the Justice key you'll find hidden meanings behind it all. Things that seem insignificant at first, like a petty crime, might actually flow forth from capital Issues. What appears to be a meaningless sign like a ç might be turned into a hidden 9."

Cameron thinks long about a hero, but he can't come up with a name from Memphis except maybe this one; "Elvis brought Justice to music."

Re: Turn Stuff In [Class #5]

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Metaphor

Justice is like a shift key because it's there to change things.

EC

My favorite defender of justice from my home town is my dad. He's never backed down from what he knew was right.

After Class [Class #5] [NFB]

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

During class, Tick had flipped through the graded homework Rory had given back to him. He noticed something kind of weird with it. "Rory, could I speak to you for a moment?"

Re: After Class [Class #5] [NFB]

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory froze.

"Um. Sure, sir?"