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[Good evening, fine residents of Heropa/Nonah/De Chima/Maurtia Falls! Tonight, you have among you a brand hew imPort. The display on the communicator reads Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, and the man himself looks friendly enough, if a bit uncertain. But who wouldn't be upon finding themselves suddenly dragged into a brand new world, right?

He's currently in his military-provided housing, residence #014, chilling out on a couch in the living room as he addresses the network for the first time.]

So I guess this is the part where I introduce myself and stuff, huh? Yo. I'm Kotetsu.

[What a stunning introduction, A++]

Everyone here's from all sorts of different places, right? Us "imPorts", I mean. So I was wondering if you guys'd tell me something cool about where you're from!

[It sounds flippant, as if he's not at all concerned about his situation, but to those with a keener eye, there's a certain tension to his frame, the set of his jaw. There's a great many things he wants to ask about this place and its people and the military that's brought them, but he wants to get a feel for this place and the people drawn into it with him first. He needs a couple days to process all this, to deal with the fact that he was literally just about to retire before this happened, before he's ready to confront any of it head-on.]

As for something cool about where I'm from...uhhh. Oh! I know, the city I'm from's built in a pretty neat way, with three levels each on top of the last one.

[ooc: I'm gonna quietly backdate this post to the evening of the 13th so he has a little bit of buffer between arriving and the Swear-In, thanks!!]

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How do you know you could kill the guy before he fired? You might just end up with two dead people instead. If there's a hostage like that you especially gotta be careful how you approach it.

[Kotetsu pauses, mulling over the rest of what Nelson says in his head. He understands a little better about criminals getting away with shit they've done due to Maverick and what he's learned about the man's involvement with Ouroboros, but still.]

The part I'm not getting is how you're supposed to be getting this information if they're so good at covering their tracks that the police aren't allowed to look into it. If there's enough evidence for you guys to justify looking into it, why can't you just bring that stuff to the cops?

Edited 2014-03-09 01:40 (UTC)

It's an example. If you're trained and qualified the odds are in your favor of stopping the shooter, but the fact remains that if the woman dies if you don't shoot her attacker, you do what you have to in order to protect the innocent from the sort of crooks that--

[ ... It's tempting to say 'are better off dead anyway,' but Nelson can recognize it's wrong to say. At least out loud. He doesn't kill, but he has his own opinions on which sorts of people the world would be better off without, regardless. ]

That... would put an innocent person at risk in the first place. And no-- [ With a sigh: ] The cops can't use evidence that wasn't procured by standard procedures.

[ So... "legally." ]

If you're trained and qualified you oughta be able to stop the shooter without killing them.

[Not budging on that point!!! Also it's a good thing you didn't say that out loud, Nelson, or Kotetsu would have been pissed.

...He still doesn't sound particularly impressed, though.]

That doesn't make sense. If it wouldn't have been allowed for them to get that evidence themselves, how's it allowed for them to use the stuff you guys get, if you're not using "standard procedures"? Or do you guys just set 'em up for the cops to catch them committing a crime?

[Somehow he sounds even more disapproving of the latter course, oops.]

Then what purpose, to you, does being armed serve at all if not in defense? The point is only where there's no other alternative -- I'm trained and qualified enough to know. It's one of the first things you learn in the Marines.

[ Well... no, not exactly one of the first, but it's something any soldier, at least, learns fairly early. How well they listen is another matter.

Anyway, the agitation is somewhat obvious, but Nelson manages to keep it mild. ]

If it's left for them to find they don't have to break any laws in searching for it, of course. Haven't you ever heard of warrants? We-- [ Huffily: ] The system worked just fine, it was just understood things would proceed that way.

Honestly, I don't care for guns much. We'd be better off without 'em.

[He raises an eyebrow at the second part.]

It was understood that people would have to break the law to get other people who were breaking the law arrested?

[ He squints, but it all starts to seem to make more sense to Nelson now. Oh, he's like a hippie, is that it? ]

Yes, it was understood that there are always going to be cracks in the system, and it's better to let the people who want to help address those things that regular law enforcement can't rather than shut them down because their methods are forced to be a bit more unorthodox. [ He exhales: ] Not to mention policemen do have shifts and jurisdictions, their focus can't be everywhere.

But then we get back into the whole thing about different ideas of justice. Look, I mean, I don't doubt you guys had good intentions here--I dunno what your home's like. Still, you can see where it's a problem for anyone to hold themselves above the law, right?

No system's gonna be perfect. You gotta do the best you can with what you've got, though, 'cause otherwise anyone could go around doing illegal things and calling it 'for the greater good', and that's dangerous.

[ He frowns. ]

Well, obviously. I'm not suggesting everyone go out and do whatever they want. It has to be an organized effort from people who know right from wrong enough that they can act accordingly. Responsibly. I'm not talking about doing anything illegal -- we aren't police, what we do isn't breaking laws. I don't think I can put it any more clearly. It is exactly doing the best with what we have.

You're not doing anything strictly legal, either, or otherwise the cops could be doing it themselves. So where do you get to draw the line? What standard do you use for what's right when you're going above the law? How do you even decide who gets to make those calls?

Because no one else is and people still need saving. If society itself can't respond to the needs of the people, it's up to the people themselves to do it.

That's all I have to say about that. If you still don't understand then I suppose it's a good thing we come from very different places.

You didn't actually answer any of the questions I just asked.

I answered them before already and then some, I don't care to keep going in circles. This is a conversation, not a trial.

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