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Justice.
[It's a strange sight, really- there's Cheriour, clock eyes always ticking, and there is a gentle sort of smile on his face as usual, but what is in his hands might be a surprise to some who haven't seen him carry it around.]
[It's a sword, and an old one at that. He's rubbing it down with a cloth, polishing it, though the slight dark tarnishes at it's end are impossible to remove. And he continues to speak at the bracelet placed next to him, hand never stopping its movements down the weapon.]
I'm not sure that many people know what justice really is, honestly! I mean, when you talk about someone being just, it means they know what is right. They can look at a situation and judge accordingly, making sure that their decisions go accordingly to their own moral compass.
But justice is really more than that. Justice is...hmmm, how to put this? It's just something that you have to follow through with. It's the feeling you get when you watch an innocent person get hurt. It's seeing a bad person really get what they deserve after all the harm and pain they've caused others. It's this force, really, that drives you to do the utmost good for people you can do.
[There's a dreamy sort of look on his face, like he's talking about something adored and prized over all- it's quite obvious that he has really strong feelings about this.]
But! Of course, not many people think about it that way. Some people think it can be only found in courtroom cases and trials, which is true, but it's so much more widespread! Justice is more than a jury and a judge, anybody can go through with it. It's found in everybody.
...At least, that's what I think.
[And he smiles over at the bracelet with a pondering look.]
What is really the definition of justice, do you think?
[It's a strange sight, really- there's Cheriour, clock eyes always ticking, and there is a gentle sort of smile on his face as usual, but what is in his hands might be a surprise to some who haven't seen him carry it around.]
[It's a sword, and an old one at that. He's rubbing it down with a cloth, polishing it, though the slight dark tarnishes at it's end are impossible to remove. And he continues to speak at the bracelet placed next to him, hand never stopping its movements down the weapon.]
I'm not sure that many people know what justice really is, honestly! I mean, when you talk about someone being just, it means they know what is right. They can look at a situation and judge accordingly, making sure that their decisions go accordingly to their own moral compass.
But justice is really more than that. Justice is...hmmm, how to put this? It's just something that you have to follow through with. It's the feeling you get when you watch an innocent person get hurt. It's seeing a bad person really get what they deserve after all the harm and pain they've caused others. It's this force, really, that drives you to do the utmost good for people you can do.
[There's a dreamy sort of look on his face, like he's talking about something adored and prized over all- it's quite obvious that he has really strong feelings about this.]
But! Of course, not many people think about it that way. Some people think it can be only found in courtroom cases and trials, which is true, but it's so much more widespread! Justice is more than a jury and a judge, anybody can go through with it. It's found in everybody.
...At least, that's what I think.
[And he smiles over at the bracelet with a pondering look.]
What is really the definition of justice, do you think?
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Not saying you're wrong, but a lot of awful things get done in its name.
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No, justice is a different thing entirely, miss. There is no way it can be used to do wrong.
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I'm just not so keen on the notion of 'justice.' It comes with a lot of extras usually that aren't related to protecting others.
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And what do you mean, telling a person what they're allowed to do that doesn't impact anyone else? Give me an example, I'm trying to wrap my mind around why that could be wrong...
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It's the best example I ran into in my world. You wouldn't believe how many times I saw police more interested in whether or not small amounts of chemicals were on a person than they were if other people were in danger.
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And yes, the police are not at all perfect! Neither is the law system. Justice is something incorruptible, and honestly, in my lifetime I have never really seem a true form of it performed by a human being anywhere.
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If it exists, it's not something knowable by people. Not perfectly.
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Which is why it is mostly left up to the angels and God to look at something and determine whether it is, in its heart, morally good or bad. And then we act accordingly to fix the problem if there is one, to restore peace and balance to the people who deserve happy lives.
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[Not that they'd ever met. She just sort of assumed that the demonic part of her ruined her chances. The things it did definitely didn't help.]
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It isn't judgmental...it merely is because Lucifer and the abomination he has created are going everything which we wished to hope for. Circumstances have bred certain feelings about this sort of thing...
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I've cut you some slack since you haven't tried to kill me on sight, Cheriour, and Castiel because he's genuinely not a self-righteous jackass. Your worlds are different, but at the end of the day it's hard for me to cut either side much slack. If there's a good out there or a justice, it exists apart from them, and the just ones simply happen to follow it.
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I'm at least glad that you consider Castiel not at all dangerous towards you, he is a very noble being that I do consider an ally...but yes, in the end, our worlds are different, and we can only judge based on what we know from there and what little we know here. But I stand by what I say, Sam. There is a justice, and a just side, and that's how it works. But justice itself is a complex thing, indeed...hence why I ask.
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