uno - dictated

[antimafia]

I have a question for all of you - more of a situation, really.

A woman - let's call her, hmm, Giovanna - hates her husband. One morning, she poisons his coffee, killing him. Another person - Vincenzo, perhaps - also hates his wife. He'd like to see her dead, but in his case, he's only had idle thoughts and has never been moved to action. One day, under the impression he's only adding cream, he accidentally poisons her coffee. He sees the poison begin to affect her and realizes that he has the antidote. Though Vincenzo is aware that he's the only one who could save her, he chooses to let her die.

Would you say that Vincenzo's choice of inaction is as evil as Giovanna's choice of action? Or perhaps you wouldn't say it was evil at all! Do think about and let me know, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Ah yes, by the way - hello. My name is Mukuro, and I've just arrived. You have a lovely place here, I'm sure we'll all get along wonderfully. Oh, and happy St. Valentine's Day in advance.

Comments

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[not_mafia]

[Oh wow he hasn't heard this voice in awhile. But it's very fami--]

2/3

[not_mafia]

[OH DEAR GOD]

3/3 keywords very relevant

[not_mafia]

Mu-mukuro?!

[WHEN DID YOU GET HERE]

[antimafia]

Tsunayoshi.

[Wait, what's he doing here? Don't act surprised.]

How interesting to meet you here.

[not_mafia]

D-did you just get here? [yes tsuna you would have caught that if you had waited until the message was done rather than blurting out in the middle of it]

[antimafia]

Just recently, yes. It seems you arrived before me. How long have you been here?

[not_mafia]

U-um... about... eight months now, I think?

[This is so weird... it's almost like everyone's coming all at once now. It was only awhile ago that Reborn and Colonello showed up...

And then a thought strikes him.]

A-ah, but nevermind that! What's the last thing that happened to you at home, before you came here?

[antimafia]

[What a strange question to ask. Better to deflect it carefully and figure out why he's asking before Mukuro answers.]

Eight months? That seems impossible, since I only saw you a little while ago. Don't you remember what happened?

dictated;

[lord_wizard]

An interesting opening query, Mukuro.

[not_mafia]

Well, you see... time works kind of... weird here. People can be taken from completely different points, and... I'm not really sure how it works, but, that's why I want to know.

dictated;

[antimafia]

I find it's nearly always a good idea to introduce oneself memorably.

dictated;

[lord_wizard]

I cannot argue with that.

To answer the question, though, yes, I would consdier both evil.

[antimafia]

How strange. What sort of a place is this?

[And more importantly...]

What's the last thing you remember, then?

dictated;

[antimafia]

Hmm, interesting. Would you say that they're equally evil?

[fluthlu]

I would venture to say that more information is necessary. Motive, after all, must be a considered factor in morality. For all that the idle listener knows, the victims may have been guilty of punishable actions.

Welcome to Paradisa, by the way.

[Written]

[deductiongeek]

Murder through inaction is still murder. A man who kills by refusing to act is still a murderer. Good and evil is irrelevant in that situation.

dictated;

[lord_wizard]

[He thinks it over, though only a moment]

I would. The method doesn't matter. The result is the same.

dictated;

[antimafia]

So regardless of how it's done, death is death?

[antimafia]

That's an excellent point. So if the victims had done something to deserve it, you think that their deaths would be justified?

And thank you.

[Written]

[antimafia]

Either way someone ends up dead, right? There must not be many shades of gray in your worldview.

[not_mafia]

It's Paradisa. It's, well... it's a magical castle.

Ah... um, do you remember anything about the representative battle? The night I came and asked for your help...?

[fluthlu]

Perhaps, in a sense. Vengeance is a messy business, and justification is seldom straightforward.

[kid_apocalypse]

By refusing to act to save his wife, Vincenzo's choice makes him as evil as Giovanna, for her choice to poison her husband. The choice they made led to someone dying, it doesn't matter how. It's the intent to do harm, even if it isn't directly acted upon, that determines their guilt.

[antimafia]

[A magical castle? If he were anywhere but, well, in a magical castle right now, that would sound like some grade A bullshit.]

Of course I remember, that wasn't so long ago. It was rather interesting how that all worked out. You don't remember?

[antimafia]

It sounds like something you know quite a bit about.