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Advanced Criminal Justice, Class 26, Period 1, 04.13.06
[OOC: And once again, I interact little. But there's a good reason for it this time! I'm here, Obi-Wan's here, we're all here, let's party. Class Info Post.]
The Tick was sitting behind his desk with a smile on his face. Even Lockheed seemed slightly interested in what was going on today. "Hello, students! Sorry I wasn't here on Tuesday. I was fighting that most fearsome of all foes, the Uncommon Cold! Thank you, Rory, for covering for me at the last minute."
"Today, we have a special guest lecturer who is here to tell us about another view of Justice that we've had some exposure to. Please welcome Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi!"
The Tick was sitting behind his desk with a smile on his face. Even Lockheed seemed slightly interested in what was going on today. "Hello, students! Sorry I wasn't here on Tuesday. I was fighting that most fearsome of all foes, the Uncommon Cold! Thank you, Rory, for covering for me at the last minute."
"Today, we have a special guest lecturer who is here to tell us about another view of Justice that we've had some exposure to. Please welcome Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi!"
Re: Q&A [Class 26]
"Damn, I didn't get photos of the leather pants." Parker pouted. "Skywalker, you were holding out on me!"
Parker listens to what Obi-Wan says about commitment and love, and slowly tilts her head, thinking. "I think it's avoiding the issue. Love doesn't just go away. Neither does commitment to a cause." She keeps her gaze on the senior Jedi, and her thoughts on the Centre, and Jarod, not letting herself focus on Anakin or Rory. "Haven't you ever been in love?"
Re: Q&A [Class 26]
He'd never been brave enough to ask.
Re: Q&A [Class 26]
"No," he counters, "it's about making a choice on the issue. As our code suggests, Jedi strive to think and act in all things from a place of clear rationality, without emotion clouding our judgement. Being but flesh-and-blood beings it's difficult to avoid feeling emotions, but with discipline you learn to let the emotion wash over you and then set it aside. A Jedi does not give in to fear - but that doesn't mean a Jedi is never afraid. Of course Jedi have fallen in love before. But nearly all have chosen to put that emotion aside, like all others, and continue their focus as Jedi. It's not a part-time commitment - I can't really explain in any other way the totality of our life."
A thought occurs to him. "Are there no beings on this planet who devote their lives to service? No religious or military orders with that practice?"
Re: Q&A [Class 26]
Parker listens, thinking-- and noticing that he didn't answer her question. Which was a rude question, but hey. It does explain a bit, if there's a reason he doesn't answer. "I understand what you're saying. I'm not sure I agree, but... hmm. Are there Jedi auxiliaries?" Parker frowned. "Has anyone left the Order, but still helped out in galactic negotiations, and used the Force?"
"There are orders here on Earth that subscribe to both celibacy and lack of emotional attachments, but not to both at once. And most of them don't take novices until they're adult-- the Catholic Church re-wrote their rules a generation ago, so that children raised by the Church have to have an even longer education and study period before they're allowed to take vows as priests and nuns. They want to make sure that they understand what they're giving up in committing to a religious life." Parker cocked her head. "All of our military disciplines and police forces allow and encourage marriage or relationships. Although the attrition rate on some of those marriages is pretty high."
Re: Q&A [Class 26]
He thought of a point he hadn't fully explained before. "Forgive me if I'm wrong, Miss Parker, but I sense you don't fully understand why emotional self-discipline is so important in a Jedi. And this will come around to your question about what happens to Jedi who leave the order, I promise. I want you to think about your time here at Fandom High. Recall all the arguments you've been in, or heard about, no matter how petty - especially the petty ones. Every disagreement, break-up, vengeful prank, all of it. Now imagine that everyone involved has the power to break every bone in a person's body with a thought."
He doesn't move a muscle, but Parker's desk abruptly leaps into the air and hovers in front of her quivering, as if it could be flung crashing through the window at any second.
Obi-Wan lets it hover there a moment or two, then lowers it carefully back to the floor. When he speaks, it's with a quiet intensity, and a little sadness. "If a being with the power of the Force behind them cannot or will not learn to divorce their emotions from their actions, it rarely ends well. And few of the Jedi who have chosen to leave the order did so because they wanted to live quietly."
He gestures vaguely. "Again, forgive me if I presumed, but I hope I've clarified at least one of our arbitrary rules."
Re: Q&A [Class 26]
And see, this finally makes sense.
"Then how--" She pauses. "If they're allowed to leave the order, but they can already do things like this, how do you keep tabs on them? Or is it just that they're okay on their own, when they're not involved in sensitive negotiations?"
She folded her arms, thinking of the times she's punched people, whapped them, choked, tickled, and manhandled, and what might've happened if she'd, say, had Anakin's temper and powers. "I understand what you're aiming for, I think. A kind of compassionate neutrality. And I remember Anakin told me that it can take a long time to make Knight. I still have difficulties with this rule. But I think I have a better understanding of how it's supposed to work. Ideally."