Gingerbread If it HAd been Witches

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Think, Giles, or the Council, would have Sanctioned the slayer killing humans in such a circumstance?

Way buffy brought if up, made me wonder... It did turn out ot be a demon in the end... but.
 
It's possible. I don't think Giles would have authorized Buffy to kill them, but he wouldn't be opposed to the idea of making them stop, and then allowing the Council to step in
 
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I'm not sure about killing them, but I think he would have seen it as enough in her jurisdiction to intervene.

However, I don't remember him seeming too concerned about Catherine getting zapped in S1 (Though that was kind of her own fault 😛)
 
If it was human witches that killed the kids, then it would have been a police matter.
 
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Right, I don't see how the Council would have authority in that case.
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They had authority in Faith's case. Remember she was meant to appear before them had Wesley not let her escape custody to save his companion's life. Although a slayer not a witch and slayers answer more directly to the council, she too was a human being. So why wouldn't they have left her to the police as well who would have easily accused her of being a witch with the circumstances of the murder she committed?

Don't forget Buffy has dealt with a witch, thus it is in fact within her jurisdiction. Amy's mother in season 1 who was defeated without being slayed. A witch may be human and thus doesn't not constitute it but there are other ways to defeat them. Buffy had thrown Amy's mom around some before she was banished.
 
I think that would have been more interesting, although a significant deviation from the episodes overall 'message', but the debate as to what action Buffy would take would be good.

I think the council would step into deal with witches, as if the police can't deal with a slayer then they definitely couldn't contain a witch.
 
The watchers council certainly would have stepped in. This and all things "mystical" fall under the jurisdiction of the council and the slayer ,however that doesn't mean that the council would have Buffy "slay" the witches,but merely would find a way to stop them.
 
But does the Watchers Council have any legal jurisdiction, I don't think so.
When a slayer got out of hand they transported her, but they hid her in the hold of a ship they didn't transport her in the open, on a plane. They had drugs to make her weak, as used on her 18th birthday.
In checkpoint it was said they could have a person kicked out of a country by messing about with bits of paper, not by legal authority.
That sort of thing indicates they are a self professed authority and not a legal authority.
but they could have told Buffy to kill but not according to law, so Buffy could still be charged with murder.
With regard to the witches, those witches are part of society and are subject to society's laws.
The kids (demon) were there for the blame to be put on witches. The demon promoted the people to get the witches. The demon was outed but who killed the Demon?
Because society's law doesn't accept demons, it might classify the demon as a seriously bad person (or similar) and as such the person who killed the demon would be charged with that murder. And the Watchers Council would not be recognised as a legal authority.
 
Well there is no legal authority over such "mystical" matters. As Lindsey McDonald points out in "sanctuary(angel 1:19) "There are beings in this world,beings not subject to the legal strictures that we as men have devised."

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Furthermore,the "legal authorities" would have no comprehension whatsoever as to how to handle such matters. That's why we have a watchers council,why we have a slayer,to deal with the very things no one else is prepared to encounter. I am not suggesting she would go as far as to kill the witches,but rather to restrain them in some manner so as to remove the threat and restore order to the sunnydale community.
 
The sentence about no legal authority over mystical matters, is that show related or about real life? And thay speech by Lindsey Mac. A solicitor/ lawyer for a demon loving firm goes on about the legal strictures that 'we' as man have devised. Thinks of himself as a normal human did he? Wasn't he one of those supporting not having the legal strictures that apply to mankind?
Is your next sentence about real society or the show, I couldn't tell.
 
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