Sasha and Hub
Mike Weaver
mikeweaver at gn.apc.org
Sun Sep 28 16:23:56 CDT 2003
Rob
Thinking about what you asked re qualitative differences between Sasha and
Hub's surrender to the enemy and Frenesi's.
Sasha - goes from anti to pro war along with the vast majority of her
political allies
Hub joins the corrupt union after a long while of jobless integrity (p291)
Frenesi spends 14 years prostituting herself for the state after turning
on her fellows.
Sasha swings with her turn, fig and lit.
Hub feels shame at the surrender of his anger.
Frenesi feels great guilt, but only surfaces because she has to and
describes her plight as being "abandoned to the upper world and any
unfinished business which might be resumed...as if they'd been kept safe..."
Hub and Sasha change course and carry on without accumulating more than
momentary bad karma (to use the jargon of Frenesi's era!). Their basic
political affiliations remain unaltered, just constrained by the new
circumstance.
Frenesi switched sides.
If you want it in graphic terms, Sasha and Hub turned 10 degrees or less,
Frenesi 180. That difference in quantity sure seems like like one in
quality too. Not Sasha and Hub, they are still travelling in pretty much
the same direction.
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