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Advanced Criminal Justice, Class 28, Period 1, 04.20.06

[OOC: Continuing "Raid Wiki For Info" Week! Also, I've finally updated the Class Info Post.]

"Hello, students! Today we're discussing two opposing models of Justice. But first, a reminder: there's only a week of classes left!"

"Okay, the two models are the Conflict Model and the Consensus Model. The Conflict Model states that the organizations in the Justice System should - and perhaps do! - come into contention with each other. For example, police are determined to put people in prison and even have clearance rates. Similar stories with the prosecutors. But prison officials may be concerned wiith overcrowding and do what they can to limit their numbers. Perhaps they even let criminals out more easily."

"Another example would be the way that police can be so determined to arrest superheroes sometimes. Or the courts with their fines for public destruction. It's all conflict. Competition, even, to see which wheel on the Tricycle of Justice is the best."

"On the other end of the theoretical teeter totter is the Consensus Model. It says that the Justice System should - and perhaps does! - work together and cooperate. The police and courts work together to send bad people to prison. The prisons hold the bad people. Superheroes assist where they can. The important thing is that, egads, we're on a tricycle and we're having fun! Look at us zoom down this hill! Wheee!"

"Some people have speculated that we shoot for Consensus but Conflict is our reality. My question for you is what do you think about the whole thing? Consensus? Conflict? Are we one? Are we the other? Is one better? What are we doing with our shiny, red tricycle?"

"Please discuss!"

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"No one's expendable," muttered Janet from behind her mug of coffee.

"But sometimes we lose them anyway," Angel pointed out. "It's good to know we can go on if we have to."

Nope, no issues here. None at all. "If we have to, sure," was Janet's answer. You know, the rim of her coffee mug was absolutely fascinating right now. "It's never the same."

"Not saying it is," Angel agreed.

"That's good," said Janet, still eyeing her coffee. And changing the subject. "So are you set for prom?"

"Think so," Angel said. "Isabel gave me a crash course. Hopefully I won't screw anything up."

"I'm sure you'll be fine," said Janet, making eye contact with Angel and smiling. "It's prom. Besides, you and Callisto have been together for a while, so there's not going to be that first date awkwardness."

"There's dancing," Angel pointed out. "That's always awkward."

"It is?" asked Janet, looking confused. "How is dancing awkward?"

"Because it involves dancing," Angel said, as though that were perfectly obvious.

"Dancing is fun," said Janet, who was kind of clueless at this hour of the morning. "You're supposed to do it. That's why it's called a school dance."

"Ah, but I don't," Angel said. "I call it a secret plan to torture me."

"No one here really wants to torture you," said Janet. "I don't think, anyway. It's just an unintentional side effect of being in high school."

"I've always felt school was sadistic," Angel said. "Part of why I so rarely went."

"Of course it's sadistic," said Janet. "That's why we self-medicate. With chocolate, of course. And you willingly subjected yourself to high school a second time around why again?"

"Prove myself," Angel said. "Try to learn something about fighting the good fight so I could do it on my own and not have to rely on B - so I could do it on my own."

Janet nodded. "This would be the high school to learn that at," she said. Ignoring any mention of whatever name he'd almost let slip would be the tactful thing to do. Thankfully, Janet was feeling tactful. "And I feel it's always important to have a certain level of self-reliance. Though the next step is to have that self-reliance and how to work with a team."

Study group had been a team, after all. And it wasn't as if Janet wasn't used to working as part of a team.

"Still working on that one," Angel admitted. "It's hard when your destiny doesn't exactly mention other people."

"As far as I can tell," said Janet. "Destiny has managed to give you a goal, but no clear way to get there. It hasn't exactly vetoed other people either."

Angel squirmed uncomfortably. "It, um, has. Kinda."

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Sam tossed Janet a note:

Never, ever the same.

But that still isn't getting you out of going to the prom.

Janet waved to Sam. She smiled at the first part of Sam's note, and glared at the second part. Then wrote a note and tossed it back.

You're horrible. I can bribe you. It's going to be a disaster, I can already tell. It's a school dance.

You love me. I'm not accepting bribes at the moment, it's not going to be a disaster. Er, pretend it's a medical conference, with punch, but without the lab coats.

She very definitely chose not to mention that she was going to whap some sense into Daniel later.

Fine, I love you. It will so. Not even if I got the really good chocolate? And wine? They don't spike the punch at medical conferences! Which is a very good thing. ~~Could you imagine Mackenzie drunk and dancing on the table?~~ Janet scribbled out that last sentence. Bad mental imagery.

It was a good thing Janet wasn't awake enough to realize that Sam might do something like whap some sense into Daniel. She'd probably encourage Sam, and that would be bad of her.

It won't. Even if the worst happens and we get invaded, you'll still look beautiful and you'll know what to do in the crisis. Plus, no one will care that you're there without ~~Idiot Boy~~ a date.

Well, I can now, thanks so much.

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