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		Collective Worship - YOUR JUSTICE
		Four students move forward to begin... SPEAKER 1: This morning we are going to see a short video. SPEAKER 2: Then we'll ask some questions about it afterwards to find out what you think about what's said in the video. Show the video, which lasts about 4 minutes, then play the music as the four speakers begin addressing the students. SPEAKER 3: Let's pretend for a minute that you are busy pinching someone's DVD player. Imagine how it would feel to be burgling a house. If it helps you to concentrate, close your eyes and try to imagine every detail. SPEAKER 4: You've got in through a window and there is a really expensive looking DVD player in the corner of the living room. Easy to carry. Easy to get rid of. You'll easily get enough for it to pay for that bike you've been dreaming of buying for yourself. A bike - or something you really want. It couldn't be easier and you're certain you'll get away with it. SPEAKER 1: (loudly) BUT SUDDENLY… !!!! Everybody jumps!! SPEAKER 1: …there's somebody coming in. Must be the owner of the house. SPEAKER 2: You try to scarper but they catch you!! And - worse luck - he's a big bloke and you can't get away from him! You put up a fight but he knocks you senseless. SPEAKER 3: He gives you a serious belting that you're not going to forget in a hurry! Then drags you down to the station and hands you over to the police! SPEAKER 4: There you are in a police cell - feeling very sorry for yourself. But your lawyer tells you that you can ask the police to charge the house owner with assault. He had no right to beat you up. Are you going to do it? Would that be fair? Is that true justice? Think about it. The speakers wait 10-15 seconds before proceeding. SPEAKER 1: Charging that man with assault… does that fit in with your sense of what is right and wrong - your sense of justice? What is your sense of justice? Have you ever thought about it? Maybe you should. SPEAKER 2: The man in the video - Mr. Dan Brennan said: "The spirit, rather than the letter, of the Ten Commandments, gives us a profound respect for both the rights of the individual and for the sanctity of human life. It's taught us the value of each other, respect for each other, as Jesus said, "To love our neighbour as ourselves". SPEAKER 3: Do you love your neighbour as you love yourself? That sounds a bit funny I know but the important question is - is that a good basis on which to make the laws of the nation? Do you even know what the ten commandments are? SPEAKER 4: If you're not interested in the ten commandments or thing they're outmoded and old fashioned, then where do you get your sense of justice from? To put it really simply - the world is full of rules and regulations but what rules to do you really believe in and actually respect? Have a think about it. The speakers wait 10-15 seconds before proceeding. SPEAKER 1: Is it okay to steal as far as you're concerned? Is it okay to beat somebody up? Have a think about it. The speakers wait 10-15 seconds before proceeding. SPEAKER 2: Does what you think change if it's you that gets beaten up? Or if it's your DVD player that gets stolen? Have a think about it. The speakers wait 10-15 seconds before proceeding. SPEAKER 3: You might say - "some rules are stupid and irritating. That's when I ignore them." That's when they don't apply to you. Is that a good basis for making laws? On what principles would you make laws to make sure we live in a society that is just and fair? What are the rights of an individual? SPEAKER 4: To finish off - let's think about a new law that might come in soon. To prove that you really love your neighbour as much as you love yourself - any one who buys a Mars bar from now on has to share it with everybody else in the room. Is that a good law? Is that just? Is that fair? Have a think about it.