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The TIck was standing at the front of the class as usual when his students walked in. Lockheed was resting on his normal shelf.

"Hello, class! First off, a big thank you to Rory for taking care of class on Thursday and helping me out in regards to my fish on Friday."

"Today, we'll be talking about competence and intent. If you want to do Wrong very badly for whatever reason and you're just miserable at it, does it actually count as doing Wrong? For example, this past Saturday, a fleet of alien goldfish attacked the school in order to get revenge for my late fish's death, even though she died a natural death. Well, technically, they only attacked Rory in hopes of getting to me, but an attack on even one student from an outside force basically amounts to an attack on the school."

"Anyway, these fish floated around in these teeny little bubbles that popped if they touched anything. I defeated the attack force by standing there and letting the fish hit me. It was terrible strategy on their part. I ended up throwing all of them into an aquarium that now sits in the lobby."

"So, my question to you is this: considering that the fishie fleet really wanted to kill both Rory and myself, does the fact that they were woefully unprepared for the most minor of skirmishes mean we should be lenient towards them with their punishment? Again, with a bunch of fish, the best punishment seemed to be putting them on display in the dorm lobby where they can make people smile even though they're noisy little guys. Just in terms of general crime, I mean. And can you think of any other crimes where the execution is so poor where you might let the criminal slide despite the intent? Get creative!

"This week's metaphor is the sport of your choice. And the extra credit is to name one of the new fish in the dorm lobby."

Discuss, or at least jot something down.

Get finished with this week's work early. Trust me, it's probably a good idea.

I added an OOC thread just so I could say the following:

FISHIE DOOM!!!

There's a band wagon, it looks like a fun ride.....

"I think it depends on the crime," Angel said. "Somebody who's really bad at trying to kill someone shouldn't get the same consideration as someone who's bad at stealing a loaf of bread."

Metaphor: Justice is like hockey in that it's really cool, and sometimes allows you to hit people with sticks in the name of your cause.

Fishie ~~doom~~ name: Phil.

HomeWork

Justice is like fencing, a combinbination of thought, reflexes, and cold steel.

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"What if the attempted murderer is so bad that he actually saves lives? I can't think of a situation where this might actually happen off the top of my head, but I've learned to not rule any possible events out."

Angel thought about it. "How does he react to the life-saving?"

Marty takes some notes on the alien fish and writes down a reminder to find out if they have cloning technology.

"If there is no risk of people people getting hurt by the blunderer, I suppose you could make the argument that their failure will convince them not to try it again."

Metaphor: In terms of sports, the tricycle of justice is portrayed by the referee or umpire. They are the police who investigate the ~~crimes~~ penalties, the judicial system who ~~prosecute~~ penalize the offenders and the correction officers who do the actual penalizing.

Fish Name: Abraham

Now, the world don't move to the beat of just one drum,
What might be right for you, may not be right for some.
A man is born, he's a man of means.
Then along come two, they got nothing but their jeans...

And who doesn't like a little FISHIE DOOM first thing in the morning.

"I imagine he'd be surprised," Tick pondered. "I think we can suggest that he'd be stunned at least momentarily so that the intended victim can do whatever they'd please."

"Hmm," Angel said, thinking it over. "See, 'cause I was going to say if he was really evil sometimes being in a situation where you just did good is punishment enough."

Jaye actually says "Buh?" at hearing about this.

And then she asks, "Fishie doom?"

"If they're incompetent enough to be completely ineffective, then they ought to get some leniency, but if their intent is obvious then they should not be excused entirely," Archie says.

Metaphor: Much like football, the system that carries out Justice may seem disorganized and chaotic to the unfamiliar eye. But for those who understand the strategies and workings of the game, there is actually a reason behind the seeming chaos, and strategies are being implemented.

Though that doesn't rule out the possibility of the team simply having an incompetent coach.

Fish Name: Simpson

"Hmm," Tick said, pondering. "That's an excellent point, Angel!"

Since Angel kinda wrote exactly what Jaye would have said, she starts over.

Justice is like soccer. Two places can never agree on the damn name, but it's the same thing no matter how you look at it. You kick the ball of righteousness from one end of the field of evil to the other end of the field to evil, occasionally scoring a goal and occasionally embarrassing your entire family's name, and sometimes the ball hits you in the head hard. But it's all worth it just to hear the "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!"

EC: Tony.

~~"No cloning technology on the goldfish planet. The next planet over has clowning technology, though. It makes fish orange and white."~~

"Attempted fishie doom, at the very least," Tick said. "They're harmless now. They were harmless before, too, actually..."

Fishie doom?

Angel smiled proudly. "Thank you!"

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