Accepted CAS' REPORTER APPLICATION THE II

[ᶻ Wrath ♡ .ᐟ]

OOC (Out-Of-Character) Information​

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What is your In-Game-Name (IGN)?
wrathcats (main)
wrathscat (applying on!)
Wa4r
dcqth

Do you have Discord? If so, what is your username?:
I do!
@castriel
I’m working on getting a new microphone for calls, but I can make-do.

List your timezone and country:
EST, United States

Describe your activity:
I would say I have gotten relatively confident in my activity. While I am not on 24/7, and have intervals when I am away, of course, I am frequently online when I am home and have found a recent resurgence in my prevalence on the server and therefore am very excited to take on more responsibilities to fill my motivations when I am online. I may not be on the server specifically every day, but I absolutely dedicate the time that I do have when it was granted. I will admit my activity can be.. flimsy, particularly uncertain when I can be available at specific times, but I will most certainly make time for things that are necessary when I am priorly informed, as I very much value my participation on the server, and love to be involved. I don’t see myself having any issues at all meeting quota and activity, and plan to often log on and engage with the roster of reporters, any events that are going on, and generally; I plan to be very active. I have had no issues meeting quotas or being inactive in any way, and hold much confidence in my future stability as a reporter.
Irregardless of my activity on the server, I am ALWAYS available over discord, and can confidently say I will always be responsive and reachable at any given moment.
I currently have 21 weeks (give or take) listed as my current playtime on my main account, with varying levels for my alts. I am a little skeptical if this is wholeheartedly accurate or not, but! it is what is listed, for whatever that may matter. I am a frequent forum lurker, and have no issues making posts and acclimating to new areas.

Link any significant applications (e.g., Roles/Teams, exclude languages):
I’m on the College Swim team on my main, hence why I'm applying on an alt... ^_^
(If i could also have this role on my main I would be super DUPER happy though. its hard changing accounts...)
⤷ Former Reporter Application - 2023 ✔
⤷ Lawyer - 2022 ✔
⤷ Teacher - 2021 ✔
⤷ Professor -2022 ✔
⤷ Councillor - 2022 ✔
⤷ Councillor - 2021 X
I've been on various sports teams a few times.. I lean towards the roleplay-centric ones.

What is your motivation to apply for reporter?:
I wholeheartedly said my goodbyes with the idea in mind to return at a future date, looking back, I’d been teetering on the edge of demotivation, and drilling myself further into writer's block the more I pushed myself. I had adored being a reporter, even if I hadn't been nearly as active as I would have liked, nor as involved roleplay-wise. I was happy with my motivations, and was brewing with ideas on the reports I could make, and situations I was excited to roleplay out. A passionate heart met an unfortunate timing. Going into the next phase of my life, and my time on SRP, (though over a year of getting back into it was a little unexpected) I feel nothing but excitement at the prospect of going back to the reporter faction. Though a role I'd be meeting again, I consider myself to be much different, though just as passionate about learning and supporting the server. I am very eager to take on the role again and its potential as well as responsibilities. I was VERY quick to make up my mind, the second it was announced slots were open.
The reporter faction is something that has been very dear to me, and something I feel as if I have longed to return to. I am bursting with concepts for reports, and am excessively eager to make my place in the faction once more. What are my intentions, really, though? The only true way I can put it, is that I want to be better. Not only to make a home out of the reporter faction, but I am eager to completely blow my old works and efforts out of the water. While I may not be the most acclimated to the ways of developing reports nowadays, with their advancements in my absence, but I most absolutely will be. If anything, I strive for the absolute best of myself as I return to the faction. I plan to make the most of it, and of myself. I feel very passionately that there is very little to chain me back, now, and I plan to make the absolute most of it while I can. I harbor no reason to demotivate me presently, and therefore am putting all my cards down and throwing everything I can possibly supply into my efforts.
Not only do I find myself excited by the tasks to be laid in front of me, I bring with me a character I have had a deep affectionate for in his writing, and am very excited to continue his story and place on the server. I hope to connect with those in the faction, and I hope to find his place again on the streets of Karakura. On top of everything, Reporter faction just seems like the perfect place for him to thrive. I am very excited for the roleplay opportunities! please roleplay with me >_>;.. While not necessarily a character I plan to do crime with in any regard, I wholeheartedly anticipate to write him to be on the more.. chaotic side of things, being a character I've written as.. 'ambigulously lawful'- not someone who goes out of his way to break it, but not entirely against it, if it were to get in his way or another. I do not intend to apply with a malicious character, by any means, as he is absolutely not, but I feel him being moreso 'out of the norm'-- contrary to the expectations of most roles, would make him a good suit as a passionate reporter. Someone who wouldn't argue against anything-- if it meant a good story. I am very excited to delve into his archetype and the challenges writing him might bring me. I deeply hope he is enjoyed with his writing with others, as well! I only really thrive when there's someone to see it, after all. What's a crime without witnesses? Something that never happened!
seriously i really dont plan on anything bad hes just weird as hell what good reporter isnt vaguely sketchy to some degree

Do you have any experience with writing? What is your relationship with writing?:
I have been someone who has enjoyed writing since I was very young. Due to a circumstance or another, very quickly I had found myself into roleplaying spaces from a very young age, and always desired the ability to convey myself as fluidly and eloquently as I can. I’ve always strived to be a better writer and to be someone who others found enjoyment in reading from. While I struggle with uptaking my reading, due to simply lacking the time and motivation. Ironically, I am always and endlessly striving to accomplish bigger and better things, to throw more piles and documents into my experiences and to take on new challenges that will make me adapt to new ways of writing and conveying different things and situations. I always work to pour my heart and effort into everything I write, and adore each and every opportunity I get as I seek out more ways I can work on my ability. There is very far and few between when it comes to the challenges I'm willing to uptake, and I wholeheartedly plan to uptake this mentality for reports, as well as how I write my characters. I've always strived to have much different characters, with vast and extensive personalities, while being something people enjoyed to read about.
A big part of my experiences and my writing has been on SRP for the majority of the time, I consider it a bit of my home territory, where I know the most, and have the deepest comprehension of what’s going on around me. I am easily an avid detailrper, and find the term quite silly, actually… I am someone who is constantly popping out appending after appending, and I find it, in fact, fairly difficult to write in small increments. I do enjoy and indulge the idea of minimizing my phrasing to be as efficient as possible, however, I am a BIG yapper and love to write and write and write and.
I am someone who has probably never stopped writing since I picked up the pen. An endless stream of words to convey and formulate into tangible thought are constantly flowing, from when I wake up, to when I go to bed. My feelings, My dreams and my livelihood are stored into how I communicate them with others, and I am endlessly writing out all that comes to mind. I may not be the best writer, or even possibly even a good one to some people, but I have always strived to be more efficient, eloquent, and to never stop learning if it means that my works will be more digestible to read. I have always been ahead of an invisible curve in literary studies, however I think that language is universal, and linguistics and language is knowledge, rather than a skill or talent. I believe writing is a universal form of art. A construction of tangible thought and imagery out of the use of language and creativity, even as it most definitely will also convey its nuances. It possesses the most capability of any translation of understanding form one person to another.
Writing is something that has always been important to me. being someone who was often silenced when I was younger, and incapable of speaking. I found where I could lay my thoughts and document them, needing some sort of an outlet of expression— writing was that outlet. Simply enough. It has always been everywhere, and something that has simply enveloped me and my efforts throughout my life.

Are you aware of - and will follow - the set of rules provided to you?:
Yes. I’m happy to comply with rules and am always willing to readapt when necessary. I like to keep myself well-versed in rules and will absolutely do my best to be within expectations.

Why should we accept you over others?:
While I would most certainly never say that I am better than anyone in any capacity, I do think that I would be fitting and would ensure that I work very hard within the faction. As I’ve stated, I’m very open to change and to learn, and very eager to adjust and improve as much as I can. While I’m sure I still have things to learn, despite having had the role before and experience before, I have the confidence that I can work to improve to meet higher and higher standards.
There is nothing that I do not pour all of my effort into, a personal belief of mine that I would always rather pour all my efforts onto the things I work on then never have tried hard enough. I am quite a determined individual, with an eye for story and to see invisible potential in the smaller things. While I lack higher-esteemed experience on the server, I have been around quite a while ( 8 YEARSON THIS SERVER ((I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE )))) and apply myself where I find my interest to be. I keep myself in my own out-of-the-norm standard, and stubbornly, am someone who has always refused to fit in, which I think, while sacrificing me of some dignity, at times, is a testament to my own dedication to myself and the things I am passionate in. While I may not quite be necessarily better than any person, I most definitely have a belief in myself and my ability regardless.

Do you understand you have to stay completely neutral with all reports?
I’m happy to write within neutral standpoints and will ensure peer-reviews and rewrites when necessary to ensure neutrality. While I can be iffy with tone when it comes to writing, I will make sure I am confident in my work to be within standards before they are determined complete. I adore to play devil's advocate- at worst, and will never be opposed to seeing one side or another. I find one-sided reports an unprofessional idea, and lacks comprehension to deliver what could be believable, and will be something I most definitely avoid. If my character is to have any bias, on anything, it will most definitely remain outside reports.

Do you trust that you will be able to stay active and complete the monthly quota?:
While I have had trouble in the past keeping active, I apply now with the confidence that I will be able to upkeep and happily maintain quota. If I find myself in the situation that I either feel inadequate for the position, within my activity or simply demotivation, I will ensure there are proper warnings, and communication about my activity, as I have ensured previously.

Summarise what you imagine work as a reporter is:
Having been a reporter before, I do have a decent idea! I hadn’t reported on many specific events, mostly keeping to myself and fun little topics I thought would be nice and relevant to report about. However, a big part of being a reporter, more specifically, if you’re intending on reporting on a specific event, is ensuring to gather plenty of material to encompass an actual report. This means screenshots, roleplay, questions and being prevalent in things. While gathering all the goodies is fun, making sure you are able to have enough for a real, detailed report, is a very important to making sure you can get the most out of what you’re covering. Supplying as much detail and intrigue towards a subject as you can, means having enough nitty-gritty details, not to fill in the gaps with, but to keep a reader invested with. I like to keep a lot of work in roleplay, gathering things, invoking roleplay with other people, doing a part as a reporter to be prevalent with events and giving that impression of ‘news coverage’ that a lot of people find exciting and entertaining. Reporters add an aspect of realism to events and things happening on the server, and ICly make sure that important things are documented. I think it is a very fun position to be in. While announcing news and articles is beyond intimidating, it is also very fun, and ensures an ICly measurement to the server’s characters to encourage engagement.
crashing the news van

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IC (In-Character) Information
Treat this section like it is your own character answering it

He sits with a persistent look of raw, unfiltered energy, the resistance to spin around in his chair results in a subtle shake of his leg jackhammering, somehow quietly, against the floor. A big fat smile sat on the applicant’s face, grinning ear-to-ear as he looks anywhere that wasn’t eye contact. One word probably came to mind; jittery, or even sketchy, depending on how much hope you had for people.
A folder sits in front of him on the table, despite his frenzied look, all his necessary information was neatly piled inside, as well as his exemplary material tucked at the back.
His examples were at the very least, more legible than how he, himself, was as an individual. His confidence? Unreadable. He held the same charm as a out-of-tune piano; something is completely wrong at it’s core, but, to some . . special . . people, remains. . an acquired taste.
Full Name:
Michael Crow Florian Auclaire Wolfgang the II
There’s no SHOT this was this guy’s actual name right?
His eye twitches a little. He already looks like he wants to rip the folder back as it’s sifted through.

Preferred Name/Nickname and Title
The clearly written ‘F’ in his documentation is visibly scribbled out with a pen from the waiting room, replaced with a crudely written 'M' next to it.
“ Just Crow is alrigh’.. For formalities; eerrhhmm. .. “ He pauses, visibly looking to think something up on the spot. This was NOT a formal individual. “Mr. Crow? yeah. whatever ya’ want.”

Current Age:
25
He looks older than this, sitting with his face contorted into possibly the ugliest little look, avoiding eye-contact like it killed his grandmother. The stress-wrinkles are seared into his skin.

Past job/work experience:
Various, tedious, small jobs around the city have been listed, mostly accompanied of places that have been long closed-down, suggesting most of them having been upheld in his teen years.
A few internships for various, random jobs were listed, with no real relevancy to being a reporter.
“Aaah. . I’ve worked at.. A few places, nothin’ real.. Important? Nothin’ that STUCK either, why do’all these places shut down. . ? Report on THAT. . . no, tha’s.. That’s boring. Don’t do that. Unless there is some sort’a . . actually, interesting reason.. I’ve mostly focused on my, ah.. Studies, ya’know, keepin’ myself qualified f’er a REAL job. But, y’know, whatever I’ve needed to support m’self over the years. Living ain’t free.”

Degree/qualifications:
Bachelors - Communications
Bachelors - Criminology
Masters - Psychology


Nationality and born location:
“Me. . Ah’ . . Texas, born’in Texas, wher'ver that is. . . got my I.D an’ all f’er Karakura though. Cit’zenship, what’ver you feel like callin’ it..”

Phone Number:
Its written on it’s own, separate little notecard that was trying it’s best not to fall out of the folder.
There's a picture of himself on it, glancing to the photo, and back up to himself sitting at the table; he has the exact same fuckass grin, identically.
‘ Call me! 030-450-6501’


How would you describe yourself in under 150 words?:
“I’d say I’m ah. . I’m a pre’y. . dedicated, I’d say, person. I’ve been around Karakura, for. . a little bit. Now. I’ma. . used to it, by now. Since I was 18, or so. Finished up highschool here. I’m a pretty curious person, an’ I like to find answers. I like knowin’ things, and I like bein’a part of things. Who doesn’t? I ‘ave my own set of ideals, but, again, jus’ like anyone, I am.”
{74 words. .. wow, just like last time.}

What are you interested in writing about? How will you achieve this, and would you consider going out of your comfort zone?:
“I’d liketa write about .. well, anythin’, really. Somethin’ I think is interestin’, consider it written, some recent non’sense goin’ on? Consider it written. Someone think some topic is interestin’? Asks me to write it? Written. Happy ta’ write about anythin’, anywhere, throw me in a tornado, an’ I’ll try my best to write it ta’ death. Any disaster? Want me there? I’ll be there. Middle of’any turmoil, happy’ta get whatever’s interestin’. I’ll definitely be open to.. Well, really, anything at all. Nothin’ biased, none of that.. ‘This guy sucks’, garbage, that’s for onrain, that highschool journalism wha’ever. But, somethin’ with a little meat on it’s bones? Has it got potential? I’ll look into it, happily. Give me a camera and a pen, an’ I’ll see you with a couple hours. There’salot I find interestin’, not much of a comfort zone, when it comes ta’ me. I wouldn’t call it a weapon, but ‘m definitely someone without a whole lot of worries, if it means a good read.”

What are your expectations for the job?:
"My. . . ah, m'expectations. . . Well, I'd say'm already gettin' used to the idea of scoutin' out new things'ta write about. I got an idea of wha'tsa be expected from me, What's needed. I ain't too worried 'bout anything 'sides from that. I hope'ta be in the middle of things, I guess. Where I'll get the best pictures, the best action'ta reflect on, write about, all'a that jazz. I expect.. I guess, to see'alla there is ta' write about, when things 'appen. That's what I want the most. I gotta' certain 'mount of adrenaline to fu'fill."

Do you have a criminal record?:
Squeaky-clean.
At least, nothing he’s been caught for.

Fluent Languages:
English, Japanese, German
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You will have to write two reports about a topic of your choice. Here we can see how pronounced your writing is and how creative you are. Use your own formatting and your own report idea.


#1
General report. Report about a topic, informing players about an event or significant issues to Karakura.
{Do forgive me, I’m not used to the formatted way that reports have been made as of recent, and I will need some learning in it! I've done my best for the meantime >_>;}

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#2
Interview.

{A tape clicks on, a gentle mechanical whirring and a static buzz beginning the almost old-timey audio format before the particularly recognizable pitch of Crow began to buzz off through the mechanics. Immediately off to a high-energy ramble, he begins; }
“HEEEELL-OOOOO, LISTENERR!!! BOY, Do I got an IN-TER-VIEW f’er TO-DAY! You know CRIME? Y’er biggest vice, everyone’s biggest vice. The bigg’st problem to exist ever, everyone’s greatest fear and the big bad boogey-man of Karakura’s law-obedient well-mean’in civillians. Today I’m interviewing a RANDOM PERSON! About CRIME! I love the news. Jokes ‘sides, Today we’re interviewin’ a previous crime-commiter, now out’in about, about how they think about our law’system and rehabilitation, bein’ someone who was so closely affiliated ta’ the system, and can testify f’er the average person, how it might be. This, ah.. Person, th’re stayin’ anonymous, f’er.. Obvious reasons, y’know? Already had crime destroy their life once, eheh. . . tha’s mean, isn’t it? Annnnyyyyhow, into th' meat and bones, and let me tell ya'-- we are definitely, gettin'-- to th' bones.”

A-NONYMOUS [Interviewee]
CM [Reporter, Interviewer]
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CM: “Let’s get right into some of the context here, I ain’t want you sharin’ your identity- not at all- but, do you think you can give an idea of what ya’ were convicted for, jus’ f’er a little bit o’ context, on y’er perspective? Nothin’ that’d give’ya away, but, somethin’ to give some introspective.”

A: “Yeah– I mean, that’s perfectly fair, um, it’s a little embarrassing, but, that's. . it’s reasonable enough to share. At the time, I had a lot of charges on my plate, Gang affiliation, Underage possession of alcohol, you name it, really, weaponry. . I had a lot that criminalized me, at the time. It’s really no wonder I got caught, with everything that I was doing. It’s a tough time to remember.”​

CM: “. . . That IS a lot. . . How old we’re’ya at the time?, How’did’ya even end up in all that?”

A: “It’s.. a bit of a common story, really, you’d be surprised. Every other person I’d ran into had about the same tale to tell. I was 18, at the time. Now, I’d really barely consider myself an adult, then. Yeah, I was convicted as one, but, you know, brain development and all that, looking back, I’d felt a bit.. Stunted, maybe? It’s a bit awful, but, I was a bit vulnerable, like anyone. Most people in Karakura, you ask them about their family, a support system, rarely you get someone who has their parents, any real guidance. To tell the truth, I thought I’d had that in something to fight for. Something to dedicate my life to, like a family, throwing down the law was just another way of conveying that, in my teenage brain. Most people in there, they’d basically had the same mentality, most never let it go. Loyalty means a lot to people, and having people spell out ‘loyalty’ to you, even in a place as criminal and deadly as a gang, when you’ve never had that, it calls to a person.”​

CM: “It calls to the psychology of people, one’ofa the deadliest issues in Karakura, callin’ to people like a family, as loyalty. ‘Is really a terrify’in premise, ain’it? 18, is a common age ta’ get convicted, but, tha’s still the youth, ain’it? Maybe not legally, but psychologically, the brain ain’t fully developed yet, an’ people.. Well, nobody’s born a criminal, ya know? How do you think the law treated ya’? How do you think it changed ya’? Bein’ just a teenager at the time; After y’were ‘dealt with’- put away? Did’it change you f’er the better, ya’ think?”

A: “I don’t know, in all honestly, if anything, I felt sick. And I guess, in any vicinity, anyone willing to do the things I did under the premise of loyalty, really would be sick. I felt like I was doing what I had to do in order to survive. I’d, really, never known loyalty. I’d been told the law was bad, and in rebelling it, I’d have everything I wanted. Loyalty, treatment, support. I’ll never know if I would’ve been a better person, if I’d never been caught, if I’d never even been involved in the first place. But I know I felt sick. . But, I never felt treated, I was a criminal, after all, as much as I was an eighteen-year-old. I was more of a criminal to anyone than anything else, I was a criminal for a long time, the worst-of-the-worst, people like that aren’t sick, to the law, they’re criminals. Evil. In the same way I was told I’d have everything by breaking the law, by being rebellious in the name of this silly gang, I was told I could be a human being by the rehabilitation system if I just followed the rules. It’s a lot different. I felt lost, like I said, sick. I felt sicker than I felt like a criminal.”​

CM: “That’s.. A really tragic ans’er, .. Anyhow. I guess the law don’t really think about motivations, age, psych’lgy, sayin’ you felt like a sick person more than a criminal, what do you think wou’lda been changed? What would you change, with y’er treatment, at the time? Do you think it woulda’ been more effective if y’er rehabilitation was more mental, an’ focused on that psychology and the way you felt about everythin’? It's not probable workin’ that way would be effective for everyone, af’ter all, it’s necessary to’a degree, f’er a reason, but what do you wish was changed, with how you could’ve gotten better, ‘stead of being punished. If the premise was bein’ a healthy person, ov’r just, not bein’ a criminal?”

A: “I wish psychology was a bigger part of the systems, getting into a criminal’s head- or, even just mine, I think revealed a very sad truth. More often than anyone likes to admit, it’s illness that everything stems from, to some degree. Alcohol abuse, it’s illness, Kleptomania, illness.. Nobody likes thinking about how to really, really, help people, than to just condemn them. I feel like the people who need the most support, people who are calling out the most for help, joining gangs, fighting over turfs, and getting blood on their hands - those people need help. As much as I dealt with, I think people are inherently good. Most people- they don’t deserve to be locked away, and have the key thrown away. They need support. Help. Understanding. I feel like breaking the law isn’t the first thing on any healthy person’s mind- there isn’t a reason to, if you are cared for, if you are supported. I wouldn’t have had a reason. There’s lots of people back then I wish I knew now, people I wish I could have supported, before they gave into it all. Before they fell into the current, and got taken away with the tide.” ​

CM: “You’ve got a really good point, on the whole illness thing, but, what if it, act’ally, just, ended up not bein’ illness? What if some’nes, jus’ .. born bad? T’ break the law? How’dyou make of how someone like that should be dealt with, What’dya think of the psychology of someone like that? They ain’t get anything outt’a them, jus’ , doin bad things, to do bad things? D’ya think someone like that is even, like, real? What should the law do wit’ people like that, if they were carin’ more about people, an’ how they think, how’do they care for someone like that? Ideally? If the whole sy’tem really did wanna fix people, I guess.”

A: “There are always certain levels where people feel like lost causes, I guess. It’s kind of what breaks the idea of a perfect society, you know? The concept of just.. Pure evil. That’s the debate, What do we do with evil people? Enough to balance out the potential? Where do we draw the line? I’m not a genius, nor am I am idiot, there most definitely are plenty of people who cross that line, especially in Karakura. As much as I’ve known people that I could tell needed help the same way I did, I’ve known people, back then, who I couldn’t imagine doing a decent thing in their lives, as crazy of a thing that is to say. I think those people should be given patience, too, of course, you know? But, I think that people should have a chance to prove themselves. Prison is that chance, right? But, it’s an inevitability, the line before they decide they might as well just kill you. It’s hard to make out much redeemability when you’re just as scared and generally hopeless before you were in prison, now you’re surrounded with everything that had enabled you, all the people with all their promises. We can’t ostracize those people, get rid of them, there is no way to draw that line, I guess. People should get chances, help, as much as you can make them take it, really, but.. You can’t draw that line.”​

CM: “What’sit really do, if we do sit, an’ we draw that line, like, ‘yeah, this person is irredeem’ble, bad. Don’t give’m a chance, even.’ Obviously, ‘is like, a bad thought, but why do you think so? What’s it really matter, when the whole sys’tem, the people, decide a person, ‘s just, . . too bad? Too bad of a person to actually go through rehabilitation?”

[ There’s a long, tense, pause, the whirring fills the silence again, for a moment. ]​

A: “I think, it’s, um. . a dangerous thought. I’m sure those people EXIST, but, how often already do we see people randomly convicted of things? There’s always some sort of drama, in this city, I mean. . Left and right, the police are involved. It’s good to have someone, keeping everything in line, I guess. Making sure everything is okay, but I think, when we introduce that line, it. . incites something, maybe a ability, unintentionally. Of just silencing that person, cancelling out every part of them, every potential. Like, let’s think of just.. A guy, right? Maybe this guy did something, whatever. This guy isn’t like, wholly evil. Maybe he’s me, The guy is me. Alright, what if I, for example, when I was younger,and I was super bad, and because of how bad people thought it was, even with the potential, that I am a person that might need help, like I said, I’m now one of those people that crossed the line, I’m irredeemable, you know? If I went to prison, like I did when I was 18, and they can decide I am someone who can’t be rehabilitated. Like I said, it’s the next step, right? They dispose of me, maybe even kill me, because I crossed that line. The thing is, no matter what, the line gets lower, and lower. I think, no matter what happens, if we desensitize ourselves to that idea. More and more people, they become disposable. I don’t think anyone should be disposable. I’m sure that line exists, but, it’s scary, isn’t it? When we decide it.” ​

CM: “I do understand th’thought. When people ‘come irredeemable, ‘ven to the law, even when they, jus’- might not be? what’s the point, right? It’s kinda over, for that person, when we can jus’, get rid of people. But, Like I said before, what DO we do with those people, in’the system? When’the law, and the ideas, jus’ don’t work. When y’ just.. Hurt people, an’ exist ta’ hurt people? What happens? What DO we do? In’a world where ever’one makes mistakes, where’re we separation’ the evil from the disturbed?”

A: “I, really, I don’t know. In a perfect world, maybe we could make that distinction, but. I don’t think it’s something really possible. I mean that. ., I still think, we should be gentler with people. We try and empathize with them, try and find that sickness in everyone, so we can find the cures, and the support for them, like I wish I had. People are innately good, if there’s anything I believe, you know, even with how I ended up living my life. It’s hard to make a law that can believe that too. Maybe it’s not something that’s really possible, to really, completely, subscribe to, in society, but, I think it’s something that we should lean closer to. The law won’t be kind to me, but I feel like, in the name of morality, you know, humanity, we should rehabilitate people, than punish them. Some people get their happy ending, anyway, with things this way. I think I did. Just by being lucky, By knowing myself a little more than the next person to make my mistakes.”​

CM: “Okay, alrigh’, you’ve got a good point, wit’ all the psychology, an’ whatever. BUT, Ain’t you think punishment is ah.. necessary? in some cases? mayb’ extreme ones, or just, in general. People do bad things, Hurt people. Those people that’re hurt. . what about like, ah, their justice? Sure, someone gets hurt by someone, maybe y’er lucky, that person gets caught. Ain’t you want, I dunno, to see that person gets punished? Ain’t that the idea of justice? Without harm, yeah, I don’t mean like, take ‘em, beat them up, or whatever, but, ‘is an eye for an eye, maybe in the form of time, isolatin’, existin’ as a criminal, tha’s sorta’ the punishment, righteousness, in our law. Tha's kind of just, how people see things. Maybe y'er young, maybe ye'r sick, but, still, in y'er’a. . in you's' place, in society, ya' still hurt people, i’nna way. A lot of people, if they’re hurtin’ people, they ain't think they’re sick because of it. It’s more’bout retr'bution, wit’ how things are, maybe jus’ gettin’ bad people off the streets. The system does work f’er most people, even some people who, like’ya said- maybe they just ain’t know’emselves enough to think’a it as a sick mindset ta’ have. Sometimes, just the fear of the law is enough ‘fer someone to turn around, what happens ta’ the people it does work for, if things were’ta change, even in a much better-lookin’ way like this, what about the people that like things the way it is?”

A: “Well, I think that’s.. Good, you know? People will prevail no matter what. I think it’s good, that some people think the system is good, for them and how they experienced it. It’s good that people can find success in things, even in those circumstances. But, it’s like I said, people will prevail, usually it doesn’t matter the cards people are dealt, people will persist. I get the whole idea of justice, of people wanting, vindication, of sorts? Maybe it's human nature in a way, revenge? The want for.. Better things. I have it, in a way right now, don’t I? Wanting a better system, for what I had to go through, for how I experienced it. But people can do better with those feelings. Nobody earnestly deserves the things that happen to them, but.. the things people do, I know what you mean. Sometimes, it is just the idea of karmic justice that takes over, for what we want. When people hurt us, We don’t think it’s right. We want to make something of that pain, and usually, some people want to see the perpetrators face what we know as justice, to make something of the things that were done to us, for people to understand the ways we were hurt. This is a very.. moral-ethical based.. conversation. I, uhm. Was it the interview meant be like this?”​

CM: “. . no not at all. Buuuuuttt! but I like it. This’is fun. I love ethics. Why else would I talk to the ethics guy? lol. I want good conversation. the ol' meat and bones. Journalism. ain’t it what makes up everything? Anywho, jus’ a bit more conversation, I’ve got a mysterious line’ta meet. roll with it. we have more yappin’ to do. Alrigh’? Alrigh’. So, y’er sayin’, y’er ideas, so far, Is that you think the whole idea of retributive justice, ‘s inadequate to you, an’ how you’ve dealt with the whole law thing–”

A: “Hang on. What does that mean. I thought I was the ethics guy. Why do you know that.”
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CM:“We can both be the ethics guy. I told ya’, I like it. Ok. so. RETRIBUTIVE justice, ‘s the whole big idea, and ‘s how our law system currently operates at a bas’is, our punishments, when we get’n trouble, 'is based on the crime, an’ how we .. atone for it, like we’ve said. You commit a crime, there’sa certain amount of time y’er thrown in’th slammer f’er it. It’s a system more focused on karma’ic justice, like we’re sayin’, punishment to the crime. What y’er suggestin- is more align’in to the ideas of RESTORATIVE justice. Where thing’sre focused on the person who did it, on’na more.. Ehh. . . personal? Basis? Where thing’re focused on the ideas of accountability, focus’in on the actions, an’ the impact, of the crime. Where’um. . in a system’as such, while someone ge’s thrown in th’ slammer for stealin’ with’a retributive justice system– in a restor’tive, they’re talkin’ to the people they’d stole’d from, they’re makin’ sense of their crime, takin’ responsibility. Both systems, y’know, have their benefits, ‘n society, they got their own ‘deas of repentance. How a perp’traitor works out their crimes. Why’am I answering y’er questions. ‘M supposed to be asking you questions. Ok. well. An’way. Wit’this in mind; y’er ideal f’er a justice system, wou’ be a mix’a restorative justice, focus’in on accountabil’ty, and intent f’er actions. How’dya think certain crimes would be dealt with, ‘inna system like that? Like, eh.. Like you; Gang ‘filliation, how’d you think they’d go’bout remedy’in somethin’ like that? Havin’ a per’ptrator be account’ble for it?”

“Something like that, in that sort of system, and how.. I believe, would’ve been ideal. . Would have been more constructive than just throwing someone in jail, for a certain amount of time. Because, not only does it not alter anyone besides the harmful ways it usually does. Over five years in jail won't really change a person for the better, at least not.. usually. Jail is always something that’s universally feared, which is, good! because people want to avoid committing crimes, but, there’s no actual development for the people who have committed crimes, I feel like, besides being afraid. People will still change for the better, and fear is a good motivator, but, like I said, I feel like people deserve.. um. better than that! I would hope. Something like gang affiliation, if.. the whole idea is taking responsibility, it would be more so.. working with professionals, in that sort of behavior, um, understanding why it’s a bad behavior? How it hurts people, the people around you, talking to them. A lot of engagement, with people, and a lot of restructuring of perspective for people who have been prosecuted for those crimes. Everyone should .. more or less, have the opportunity to be a better person, wherever they end up, even if it's something someone can't really be released for, like murder or something crazy, they should at least have.. opportunities. There is always the risk someone might end up being innocent, too. Permanently throwing lives away is a inhumane for a law system we are intented to trust to take care of us.”
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CM: “Okay. .’s a fair assessment. The system of law is a .. ah.. quite n’tensive thing. ‘Is structure, it’s what erry’one abides by, how we’re structurin’ our society, off’en, ‘is seen’nin how we’re treatin’ the people we see’as ‘less valuable’. Whether we’re findin’ that lowest point in our criminals, or other groups people might even be stigmatizin’; It’s important we find a balance, ta’ where we’re punishin’ people who HAVE caused ‘arm, and indangerment, from th’ people we might find we jus’ don’t like. The ideal where our own predjustices won't get’in the way of the things that do cause harm, an’ should be accordin’ly punished for. Neutral'ty ‘is important, and of course, we, ah.. want a neutral law. Procedural justice- Makin’ sure everyone has a voice in their accountability, even in their crimes, is importan’ too, jus’ like the victims of a crime should always be listened to. How’doya think the process of catchin’ and prosecuting people would change i’nna system like this? I’ssa big change f’er the people goin’ and upholdin’ the law too.”

A: “I think it would also be changing slightly, potentially. Corruption is also possible, but.. Having officers and law enforcement studied on psychology and how the human mind works.. I think it would end up with an infinitely different way it would be.. Taught, to deal with criminals. Some things now are necessary, of course, sometimes it’s hard to even get hands on some criminals. No matter the system you’re dragged into, I feel like there will always have to be some level of force to catch people when they need to catch people who are dangerous, even if the place they end up will be better. But, on that note, I feel like there would be a lot of people who are more willing to turn themselves in. With the idea of actual, proper atonement and redemption . . There’s a lot of people out there who, at the same time, want to be better. There’s plenty of people now, at this moment, will purposely commit crimes, who will turn themselves in, just to have some sort of consequence for their actions. Some people do things to pick themselves off the street, to be in a better place than to begrudgingly pull themselves through society. I don’t think this would be any easier for law enforcement, nor would it make it easier, aside the higher rate of people who are more willing for a try at being better. More people would let the cuffs slip on, sure. There’s a better chance at a happy ending, people wouldn’t be as desperate. Maybe it would lessen the amount of danger they would be in, too. Maybe it just has to be the way it is, though?”
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CM: “Alrigh’. . I think there's.. a lot to be considered, when'it comes to how we deal wit' ethics, in the law. 'Issa very tight connection, as much as, ;course, everyone wants to be neutral, e'rryone wan's a happy society. But, i'nna way, 's also a battle that's hard to just'fy, and even harder ta' balance out. On that note, You’ve given me, serous’ly excellent answers. I appreciate it a lot. You've given a lot ta' say, and even more to thin'kbout. I, ah, think'll end it here, with everythin' . . said an' done, thank you, ver'much for all your time, an' the insight."

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