Maybe to those of us who are familiar with the social circles of the barge, but who weren't personally effected by this. To anyone else it could seem like mindless cruelty.
Is it? I always just thought of it as a practical way of damaging someone. There's no need for things to ever get quite this messy.
I've always found it rather obvious when people push others away for their own safety. We can smell our own.
Yes, but most people prefer messy when they're damaging someone. Therein the point usually lies. I suppose you would have to be after something in particular if you wanted to do so quietly, rather than blindly lashing out.
Obviously I don't know what he's going through, but I think it's far more likely that some unpleasant event triggered this, than that he just decided to lash out at his friends for no reason.
It's quite all right. Sometimes in the face of stressful situations, people lose their clarity. Whatever's going on is clearly something quite difficult for everyone involved, there's no harm in keeping some perspective about it.
Perspective is easy to lose when you've been aboard for years, and even months can wear the best people down. Iago was a man who was, for the most part, in control for the majority of his free life before the Barge. You can see how his tirade might be proportionate to his tenure in Othello.
Still, even if perspective couldn't have prevented it, you reminded a lot of folks about it. Important stuff.
I'm Wichita, Kansas, rarely prone to fits of reason, I gotta say.
Re: [Private]raisedinaboxJune 14 2011, 13:47:57 UTC
Oh, absolutely, the conditions here put so much pressure on people that when they break down it's inevitably messy on all sides.
[Brief pause, as if he's considering something.]
"I'll pour this pestilence into his ear." Hm. It's a little scary, seeing one of the most eloquent Shakespeare characters reduced to this, but I guess that's the Barge.
I'm pleased to meet you, Wichita, Kansas. You know, I believe I visited you once for a business conference.
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...That's an oddly specific way of damaging someone. [He's concerned Jim might be considering doing it.]
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Is it? I always just thought of it as a practical way of damaging someone. There's no need for things to ever get quite this messy.
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Yes, but most people prefer messy when they're damaging someone. Therein the point usually lies. I suppose you would have to be after something in particular if you wanted to do so quietly, rather than blindly lashing out.
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[Thoughtful pause.]
I suppose you're right about that. I do pride myself on being goal oriented.
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And it's Jim. Jim Profit.
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Still, even if perspective couldn't have prevented it, you reminded a lot of folks about it. Important stuff.
I'm Wichita, Kansas, rarely prone to fits of reason, I gotta say.
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[Brief pause, as if he's considering something.]
"I'll pour this pestilence into his ear." Hm. It's a little scary, seeing one of the most eloquent Shakespeare characters reduced to this, but I guess that's the Barge.
I'm pleased to meet you, Wichita, Kansas. You know, I believe I visited you once for a business conference.
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