[...Well, in all fairness that might not be an unfounded doubt...
That said, however, there's no hesitation in Ishimaru's voice when he replies.]
Justice's role in our lives is to ensure safety and prosperity both - to make it so that we can be the best we can be, and to keep others from deciding that they have the right to choose who has a fighting chance in life. Once someone dies, though, I think the situation changes; people speak of finding justice for the dead, but I don't think that's what it is! For example, people like Fujisaki-kun wouldn't want harm to come to anyone; Fujisaki-kun would want to forgive, rather than destroy, anyone who had done wrong! Seeking justice on behalf of the dead makes no sense, then; doing so is a way of exacting vengeance, using the dead's name as an excuse. It's flawed logic from the start!
Once someone dies, the justice carried out is for the living, not the dead - to satisfy the punishment required by the breaking of the law, and to start the healing process on all sides. Those who survive past that trial have all come from a point where they've already seen Celes-kun executed, and therefore justice has been done.
It isn't my place to speak for the others, obviously, and if they want to decide that the way things are isn't enough, that's their choice! I won't argue with them about it, because it's not really my place to say, given the circumstances; in the end, it's theirs, I think, and I won't begrudge them their feelings one way or the other. At the same time, I won't stand for anything happening to Celes-kun, either, because that would be vengeance, not justice. Do you understand?
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That said, however, there's no hesitation in Ishimaru's voice when he replies.]
Justice's role in our lives is to ensure safety and prosperity both - to make it so that we can be the best we can be, and to keep others from deciding that they have the right to choose who has a fighting chance in life. Once someone dies, though, I think the situation changes; people speak of finding justice for the dead, but I don't think that's what it is! For example, people like Fujisaki-kun wouldn't want harm to come to anyone; Fujisaki-kun would want to forgive, rather than destroy, anyone who had done wrong! Seeking justice on behalf of the dead makes no sense, then; doing so is a way of exacting vengeance, using the dead's name as an excuse. It's flawed logic from the start!
Once someone dies, the justice carried out is for the living, not the dead - to satisfy the punishment required by the breaking of the law, and to start the healing process on all sides. Those who survive past that trial have all come from a point where they've already seen Celes-kun executed, and therefore justice has been done.
It isn't my place to speak for the others, obviously, and if they want to decide that the way things are isn't enough, that's their choice! I won't argue with them about it, because it's not really my place to say, given the circumstances; in the end, it's theirs, I think, and I won't begrudge them their feelings one way or the other. At the same time, I won't stand for anything happening to Celes-kun, either, because that would be vengeance, not justice. Do you understand?