[Wanda has to wait for a while to calm down before posting. She answers in text to hide symptoms of her upset and have a chance to edit herself.]
You know, normally you're a really insightful guy. And I don't mean any disrespect. But I have to say that your theory on floods and breaches doesn't seem to have much basis in reality. I'm sorry if you believe what you say, because it means the Admiral's put one over on you too.
You're trusting that the Admiral is benevolent and actually means to help us on this "progress toward redemption" thing. That ignores the torment Inmates and even many Wardens go through living here. It ignores the fact that he often responds to desperation or outrage with sarcasm and cookies. That he doesn't hold his "employees" to any real standard. That, as was evidenced by a recent Flood, he's a liar. And most importantly, the fact that people do not generally respond to these events with "progress".
The usual reactions seem to be shock, outrage, bitterness, grief and the occasional violent outburst. If we don't come out of it Death Tolling. What kind of benevolent person doles out "lessons" that come with a body count? Please think about this.
Then there's the nature of the events themselves. I'd really like to know what sort of lesson people are supposed to learn by suddenly becoming old, or turning into children or animals? Or going to Sanitarium Island after a bad landing and ending up being hunted by friends-turned-vivisectionists? I know at least three people who were really hit hard by the last Breach. What happened to them wasn't fair.
Any lessons I have learned here have come from real people, not that overpowered...whatever he is. If people react nobly to bad situations and inspire us, or learn something themselves, it's not because of the Admiral benevolently providing them the opportunity. It's because of what's in us and what we do for others. In spite of all the crap we do have some stand-up people here. And they deserve all the credit.
Anyway. My countertheory is this: if the Admiral's doing all this deliberately, it's because he has a sick sense of humor. Alternately, he's driving high and doesn't care either way.
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Date: 2012-09-30 04:08 pm (UTC)You know, normally you're a really insightful guy. And I don't mean any disrespect. But I have to say that your theory on floods and breaches doesn't seem to have much basis in reality. I'm sorry if you believe what you say, because it means the Admiral's put one over on you too.
You're trusting that the Admiral is benevolent and actually means to help us on this "progress toward redemption" thing. That ignores the torment Inmates and even many Wardens go through living here. It ignores the fact that he often responds to desperation or outrage with sarcasm and cookies. That he doesn't hold his "employees" to any real standard. That, as was evidenced by a recent Flood, he's a liar. And most importantly, the fact that people do not generally respond to these events with "progress".
The usual reactions seem to be shock, outrage, bitterness, grief and the occasional violent outburst. If we don't come out of it Death Tolling. What kind of benevolent person doles out "lessons" that come with a body count? Please think about this.
Then there's the nature of the events themselves. I'd really like to know what sort of lesson people are supposed to learn by suddenly becoming old, or turning into children or animals? Or going to Sanitarium Island after a bad landing and ending up being hunted by friends-turned-vivisectionists? I know at least three people who were really hit hard by the last Breach. What happened to them wasn't fair.
Any lessons I have learned here have come from real people, not that overpowered...whatever he is. If people react nobly to bad situations and inspire us, or learn something themselves, it's not because of the Admiral benevolently providing them the opportunity. It's because of what's in us and what we do for others. In spite of all the crap we do have some stand-up people here. And they deserve all the credit.
Anyway. My countertheory is this: if the Admiral's doing all this deliberately, it's because he has a sick sense of humor. Alternately, he's driving high and doesn't care either way.