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[Voice] Jitte, Self-Defense, and Executions

Hello New Feathers and old, I'm Cap-- Err Smoker. [Wow Proof he has done this message way too many times, he momentarily forgot his own rank. Woops. Not that it even matters here.]

I teach jitte, kickboxing, and basic self-defense outside the barracks, and it's open to anyone, no matter how inexperienced. As you may have heard by now, every so often the Malnosso take people at random for drafts, and while non-combatants have other opportunities to help support, any self defense can help.

For others, I wanted to ask about other world's or country's history regarding executions. Are there any that changed the world, or have other people here seen them personally?

Thanks.

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It... it seems that way. The previous Avatar... could have stopped that war. But I still want to find any alternative to keeping peace in the world, without taking people's lives. Since I'm kinda the current Avatar.

Understood. While that's an admirable principle, do you think it will work?

You said yourself your people were all wiped out because of such a thing.

[Aang decides to toss up a filter since he is discussing some personal stuff after all.]

I... I know that. I know that all too well. But, still... my people raised me to respect all life. I don't think that I have it in me to take one. I'm the last Airbender, after all. I have to stay true to them above all. Those stories I told you, those are the examples that the previous Avatars told me when I went to their spirits for help. Because I had to stop that war by fighting the Fire Lord of my time, the grandson of the guy who started it. They all told me to be decisive. But it looked like the only choice I could make if I survived against him was... that. Execution.

Choices that aren't even choices always seem to be the hardest to make.

Do you know how you finished it yet?

[Since Smoker's met Ikki and he's well aware of the time situations Luceti likes to present.]

[Aang came here from later on, so he still knows how he solved this problem from memory; but it's a crisis that came about later which Ikki was able to spoil the solution of.]

Yeah. I was able to find another way. I almost did do it. I was ready to execute him, but I stopped at the last moment. I couldn't go through with it. Instead, I used... a special secret technique to take away his power. Then he just became... a normal prisoner.

Perhaps that made a better example of him.

It might of. But it's hard to tell for sure. I like to think everyone can be saved... but is it wrong if it risks other lives?

Maybe. It's not an either-or situation though.

I don't like the idea of forcing one person to be a sacrifice to save potentially hundreds of thousands of lives. But then again, some people don't want to change, no matter what chances they're given and they can't be forced to either.

Gold Roger, the Pirate King in my world, was executed for his acts as pirate king and to make an example of him. The government wanted to prove its might in being able to take him down, but it backfired. They were trying to get people not to follow in his steps, yet instead, it started the Age of Pirates. And then in a completely different situation, they let pirates live rather than execute them, and those pirates have gone on to murder more people than Roger ever did.

I don't have a problem with executions, if someone is going to keep on murdering and hurting people and has no desire to change, there's not much else that will stop him. It doesn't seem to work as a deterrent however.

I see. There really isn't one right way to do this. Unless you could just glue the guy down so he can't cause trouble anymore or inspire anyone to cause trouble again.

Pretty much. And even then, for some pirates, so long as they're alive their crews will still fight for them.

It really seems like there is no right decision.

But there's got to be some right decision. There's always gotta.

[His expression softens at that. Really it's what Smoker likes best about kids, and it should be noted: (despite being mostly obvious by now) Smoker really likes kids. Their innocent sense of justice, of always striving for right and wrong. Heck in some ways, it's what he likes so much about Tashigi.]

Seems you found the right one for your world so you're a wiser man than I am, Aang.

I'm not sure if I'd go that far, but... thanks, Smoker. [He's still not completely confident in his decision, but until he can see the after-effects for certain, he'd have to be.]

Having seen how well Ikki's turned out, your world seems to far more stable than it could have been otherwise. So you can consider that a marker I suppose.

You're right. In some ways, I'm lucky to know a lot about the future. Even though there was a crisis before Ikki came here, the world seems to be at balance or close to it now, without any more wars since the one I was in. She's a marker alright... if I think of hope for the future, then she is a living version of that hope.

[Awwww.... he can't help grinning at that. Really really can't. Watching half of the kids in his world gives him a headache worrying about the future state of their world. So far as he can tell, the war with pirates is just going to keep escalating until a possibly breaking point. But Ikki being so sweet and nice and Aang being a good kid for himself gives Smoker warm fuzzies all over. Well, as much as such a feeling can be used to describe anything Smoker experiences. Enough to warrant a grin anyway. For Smoker, that's a lot.]

I think she'd appreciate that too actually. There's a lot to be said for getting to see how the shape of decisions connect the past to the present or future.

[He's thinking about wars most, violent revolutions; but even on things like Aang's situation, it's really nice. The peaceful side is every bit as significant as the wars really.]

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