>But
>it would seem that action--sometimes any action--is preferable to the
>emotional,
>moral, and psychological stasis of guilt.
I need to amend this. I was, I think, looking at this situation through
the eyes of the character. What he DOES is appalling, the worst-case
scenario for how to deal with a bad conscience. It is the most extreme
case I can imagine of stuffing the sense of consequence by repeating the act.
Ken
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Kenneth
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"Sometimes the veil between human intelligence and animal intelligence
wears very thin--then one experiences the supreme thrill of keeping a cat,
or perhaps allowing oneself to be owned by a cat."--Catherine Manley
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