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From: "Jay  P Hailey" 
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> Jay Hailey wrote:
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> > Went.  Read.  I like it.
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> Glad you liked it.

I am serious, I liked it.

> > Although,  the moral basis of it confuses me.
>
> The moral choice in this story isn't an easy one and
> wasn't meant to be.  It comes down to, "What do you
> do in the face of suffering?"  Do you act to end
> the suffering even if you don't know what the
> consequences of doing so will be?  Or do you wait
> until you think you have enough information, allowing
> the suffering to continue?  It's that "consequences"
> thing that's the tough part.

I feel bad for Gann,  You set him up.

> >I liked the punchline.  it made me go "Whoa!"
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> I like it when people react with "Whoa!"  That's
> a very nice reaction.  :)

It's a good one and you got it.

> > Hailey would have probably done exactly what Gann did.
> > Or maybe he'd have gone and held up the Prime Minister
> > for the full story.
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> The Cajmians wouldn't have been a very good source of
> information for him.  They of course knew what they were
> doing and had a few fears of what might happen if the being
> ever got free, but they didn't tend to dwell on that too much.
> For them it was just a source of goodies.

Then Hailey would have done the same thing.

> I would imagine Hailey and most other captains would have
> done as Gann did.  The Cajmians do have to bear
> some of the burden for what happened.  They were using
> the being for their own selfish interests.  Poke a tiger in
> the eye and you better expect to be in the tiger's belly
> soon after.
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> This incident is likely to haunt Jack more than it will Gann.
> Jack didn't act, even though he thought Gann was wrong.
> On this point Gann is absolutely correct--- if Jack thought
> Gann was wrong, he should have done everything
> in his power to stop him.  The sad thing is it's taken
> the death of a planet for Jack to learn that inaction is
> not an option.

Hailey would argue that point if he got a chance to talk with McCall. 
"You held off in an uncertain situation. Gann lept before looking and
look where it got him.  Sometimes the best possible thing to do is
nothing."

> Gann made a decision with the information at hand.
> Everything he believed and knew told him to free the being
> that was imprisoned on the planet.  Jack sat back, letting
> the storm swirl around him hoping it would go away.  Now he
> knows he can't do that.

No,  but doing something just to be doing something isn't much of an improvement.


> >zowie.
>
> I like "zowie" as well. :)

Good. you earned one of those.

> > Again I am empathizing with Jack and Mei Wan,  but
> > they are having too much Buffy Syndrome.
>
> At this point Jack and Mei-Wan's relationship has
> smacked up against a brick wall and a
> decision one way or the other is at hand. :)
>
> > The whole thing is engaging though, and I can't
> > wait and see what you come up with for DH 6.
>
> I've already completed about 5000 words of installment six
> and am going to fight like hell to get it finished soon.
>
> Thanks for the comments and the feedback, Jay.
> And thanks for reading.
>
> -Michael Gray

Coooool.  I look forward to seeing that.

Jay ~Meow!~


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