Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25924729-20150722084207/@comment-24857097-20160129104910

(Neither Oliver would say what Zeph mentioned, but I digress. Let's continue the "interrogation."

@Seb: What's going on is a separate incident between Gundam, Zeph, and I.)

Oliver observed both Platinum and Vert very closely. In the end of Platinum's argument, he came to the conclusion that the girl definitely did her homework. Now that the spotlight's on him.

"Platinum has a very valid point." He started off.

Oliver honestly wasn't sure what to say without Vert finding a hole in both of their arguments. But with his borderline serial killer mentality, he doubts that Vert will even bother using his brain. One can hope however.

"In addition to what Roads said, the majority of crimes committed aren't even felony levels. And with your solution being two to the chest, one to the head, a lot of people would be dead because you believe equal punishment for all crimes no matter the severity! The Broken Windows Theory? Have you done your research, you would've known why the theory's controversial, even ignored altogether! Not everyone who has done wrong ends up escalating to becoming a career criminal Vert. Some actually learn from their mistakes, whether it may be through reentry programs or serving their jail/prison sentence, and become productive members of society."

"Not only that, some of the Vale PD's finest officers have a criminal record that don't reach felony levels as it disqualifies recruitment, yet they are doing their damndest in helping citizens in need, especially the lower class. Are you going to kill them off too? Cripple the already struggling police force? Remove the skills these officers have that are needed to better connect with the people?"

"You might think that you're making the world a better place by punishing lawbreakers your way, but in reality, you're making it WORSE. Because of every law being punishable by death, no one would even leave their homes because they fear of dying for VERY petty crimes! What's next after that Vert? Are you going to 'punish' journalists for criticizing your system because 'it's a threat against justice?' Are you going to take away everyone's voice that way, so they can't speak out against these horrendous acts?"

"And now we get to the fun part, a felony level crime! Are you going to bother with evidence and witness testimony? How can you be so sure that you have the right guy? What if it was the guy's FIRST offense? What if it was an accident, not on purpose? What happens when you execute a person who turned out to be innocent the whole time, what then? Not to mention that there's going to be a lot of angry citizens who will undoubtly protest about the wrongful execution! Are you going to kill them too because they're 'disturbing the peace?' So many veriables makes your logic flawed!"

Oliver was becoming even more upset, but he slowed down and took a deep breath. Vert was about to intervene until he stopped him at the last millisecond.

"Oh I'm not done yet! Let's go back to Platinum's question earlier. How DO you plan on helping those less fortunate than others? Because your plan sounds more like mass genocide than delivering justice. In fact, I want to know how can you say that it's justice served when a lot of lower class citizens end up dead and families broken? Is that how you define justice?!"

He sighed deeply again, it's just one of those topics he tends to be passionate about.

"In the end, are you serving yourself, or to the people?"

Oliver just felt like keeling over, but he stood strong. He turned towards Platinum.

"Come on, let's go find the others."

(I had absolutely no idea what to write and this was the end result. What time is it, almost nightfall or what?)