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[thedawniscoming]

Looks like I really will need a new place to stay. I wonder how the gracious landlords of the Narrows feel about renting to a dead man.

When I was in school they had a speaker, some veteran cop. He said a great deal about law, order, all the typical lecture topics. Experiences, working in a city some thought was on it's last leg. Said that it wasn't about being good and bad, it wasn't even about making people think you were right - it was about making sure they could never say you were wrong. Said something about justice never being blind, she saw everyone surely enough.

Stout guy, Mediterranean kind of look. I remember working with him those early years, having drinks with the guy, getting him fired on suspicion of money laundering. It felt like a loss at the time. I would have preferred to have him behind bars.

I still don't know what he was trying to say that day. I always meant to ask him what happens if justice isn't blind.

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[thedawniscoming.livejournal.com]

How so?

[nevertheanswer.livejournal.com]

If justice is blind, it can't take into consideration race, creed, etc. If her eyes are wide open, she doesn't miss a thing. Either way, justice is dispensed.

[thedawniscoming.livejournal.com]

Which do you prefer Montoya? Blind or all seeing.

[nevertheanswer.livejournal.com]

Justice doesn't have eyes; she doesn't have a face. Justice is just an idea. Humanizing it makes it corruptible.

[thedawniscoming.livejournal.com]

You can't ignore the human element. Without it there is no justice.

[nevertheanswer.livejournal.com]

Then which do you prefer, Dent?

[thedawniscoming.livejournal.com]

Depends on how chance feels that day.

[nevertheanswer.livejournal.com]

And that's what I don't understand about you. Chance can let a murderer off scott free just as easily as a corrupt jury and judge.

[thedawniscoming.livejournal.com]

No, a corrupt jury and judge will always let the murderer free. That's bias. Only one thing isn't biased.

[nevertheanswer.livejournal.com]

Not really. It's chance that allows one man to decide to serve justice or fall to those swaying him. The thing you're trying to defend is just as at fault.