impure_tale

A recent matter appears to have spurred some discussion, and considering my involvement, I suppose that since one person has already apparently made his views quite public, it is only fair that I do the same, only conversely I will have the backbone to make it so that he can view and respond to my remarks.

To keep it brief I will spare you my usual style for something a little more stilted.

Some nights ago, my item warned me of my Inmate being in danger, and naturally I armed myself and went seeking him first in his cabin, which is where I found him, along with Captain Swing, who had bound and was presently torturing him, using a sharpened implement of some crude form to cut him open in multiple places. There was so much blood I could smell it upon entering the room. I spoke, alerting the culprit of my presence, and when I saw the whites of his eyes, I shot him.

I do not deny my doing so. I would also say that I do not apologize, but I do, quite humbly, to his Warden, because he is charged with Swing's protection and discipline, and by what laws the Wardens like to collectively hold one another to, I have therefore overstepped my bounds in defense of my own Inmate.

I did not find out about an incident between the two after the fact and seek Swing out to retaliate. I did not follow a lead built up on rumor and speculation and move to correct it. I did not attack an innocent. My Inmate was being flayed alive, and I acted. This is not a choice that I take lightly -- I have not killed a man since I was younger than all but a few of you on this ship, when I served my country in times of war. And as I intimated to Professor Snape in private conversation, if I were to have found an enemy combatant in the tent of a soldier for whom I was responsible, doing the same as Captain Swing was doing, I would have still done what I did a few nights ago.

I will conclude by re-iterating this: The well-being of my Inmate, and his continued progress, is of the utmost importance to me, and I intend to continue to protect him aggressively. That is fair warning to anyone who might intend to harm him, because for some of you it takes knowing that much to convince you to use common sense and forgo violence. That is not to say that every slight against him earns a pistol shot. If he has attacked you, then inform me, and I will punish him. If you defend yourself against his attack, he will be punished. No one here can claim I spoil my Inmate. I do not.

Torture, however, is not a defensive measure. If I had caught anyone in Swing's position that night, they would be recovering from death toll right now.

All of this having been said, I submit myself to whatever measures the other Wardens see fit to level against me, though I maintain that the Doctor really is the only one with the right to state what those should be.

[Private to Iago]

...I do not know how you are recovering, but I shall come in to check on you soon. I am concerned, however, that the other Wardens may attempt to re-sort you over this. I will do my best to see to it this does not happen, but I apologize, Iago, if my rash decision comes to harm you further.

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I'm not actually suggesting telling people not to have them, but, in the same vein, a lot of us are happy to go around with inmates that have more power and abilities than we do, even if we were armed. My inmate is capable of producing electricity. I have nothing but a pair of handcuffs and my own strength, but I do fine.

I'm aware he's not a crazed killer, and I never tried to make that out - but he made the wrong choice in shooting him dead, without a single warning that he was armed with a gun, or prepared to shoot.

I guess, but you got to make some allowances for heat of the moment reactions. I mean, if people always stopped to think what the best thing to do would be, then that would cause it's own problems.

Maybe there should be a warden training thing so everyone's on the same page or something about what they should do, though, so it's less of a stop and think thing.

People do do things in anger, I understand that, but if you kill someone in the heat of the moment in real life, it tends to be understandable, but it doesn't stop it being a potential murder, or manslaughter. It's still a crime.

You should always stop and think before you act, always. It doesn't take long to make a moral decision about what action might be right, or at least to decide that killing someone is not justified.

I guess...but what are you thinking of doing about it here? And I'm pretty sure there's an exception in real life when you shoot someone that's torturing someone else.

I'm pretty sure there isn't. If you shoot them dead, at least, in my law, that's manslaughter. Not murder, but manslaughter.

I guess...what were you thinking of doing about it anyway? I mean, laws aren't enforced in the normal way here.

I'm not saying I alone should do something about it. I'm trying to say we should take this more seriously as a group, and do something about it, rather than just letting it go.

But what sort of something?

I think that should be up for discussion. My point was to object to people seeming quite accepting of this, not to come and suggest punishment.

I guess that sounds reasonable. I mean, I don't think punishment should be too severe, considering the punishment for murder here, and the situation, but wardens getting together and deciding what should be done sounds reasonable. And I guess that would also show inmates that we don't have a double standard if there's at least something.

It was mainly the double standard I was concerned about, to be honest. I'm not saying it should be severe at all, given the circumstances, I just feel we should do something in response.

Yeah. Maybe there should be like...a mini meeting about it?

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