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Post by Batflunkie on Dec 4, 2024 10:32:07 GMT -5
Indeed. And I do find humour in it, e.g. scenes of Dredd sleeping in bed - with his helmet on. Or reading law books on his day off. That said, I’ve found it more realistic when some judges - I can think of at least three - have been tempted by a romance, or have begun to question the system. Dredd also kind of started doing that in the 90's with the "Democracy" storyline where the Justice System holds a poll for people to vote for freedom of speech, etc. but in the end, they choose to live under the rule of the Justice System because it's all they know It was kind of refreshing to see someone who had been pro-Judge ever since the comic started get worn down and start to see the cracks forming |
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 4, 2024 15:35:56 GMT -5
By the same token, why do people volunteer to serve in the military, or become teachers, despite the low pay and/or danger? Why do people become monks and nuns? Reasons vary; but, for many, it is a calling, a desire to help others or serve a higher purpose (at least, in their minds). I applied to the US Navy ROTC Program to be able to pay for college and earn my degree, repaying the Navy with 4 years active service, as an officer. Most of my civilian peers leaving college were looking at entry level positions anywhere from $5,000 to 10,000 more than I would make. For me, it was a means to an end and also a chance to serve the ideals under which the country was founded, even if the country didn't always live up to those ideals. Some of my NROTC peers went on to have careers in the Navy, I left when my commitment was up, gladly. I wasn't suited to that life long term and had philosophical and moral issues with some of the missions we undertook, during my term of service.
Within the fictional context, some may feel a calling to bring law and order to their city and consider the rest to be a small sacrifice. Would you want to bring kids into the world you see in Mega City One? Celibacy may not seem that bad. Besides, the violence is probably their sublimation.
Within the story context, it allows for conflict over the lifestyle and the "System" and also helps add both a shorthand for the Judge characters, while contrasting them with other characters.
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Post by driver1980 on Dec 4, 2024 15:45:54 GMT -5
He’s definitely an interesting character, although I don’t know what would keep a judge going mentally when the “retirement plan” is a walk in the Cursed Earth. I could maybe understand it better if they got to retire to a peaceful moon somewhere.
It’s definitely a rich world to read about.
There’s something else I find weird: corrupt judges are surgically modified and sent to a penal colony on one of Saturn’s moons, Titan. For the rest of their lives, I think. Now, you can’t get rid of corruption, but why would any judge risk law breaking when the only result is a trip to Titan to do manual labour?
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 4, 2024 19:52:58 GMT -5
He’s definitely an interesting character, although I don’t know what would keep a judge going mentally when the “retirement plan” is a walk in the Cursed Earth. I could maybe understand it better if they got to retire to a peaceful moon somewhere. It’s definitely a rich world to read about. There’s something else I find weird: corrupt judges are surgically modified and sent to a penal colony on one of Saturn’s moons, Titan. For the rest of their lives, I think. Now, you can’t get rid of corruption, but why would any judge risk law breaking when the only result is a trip to Titan to do manual labour? To dip ewoks in methane lakes? |
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