You never did the Kenosha Kid?

[jbor at bigpond.com]

Just to recap:

> On 31/08/2005, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>
>> Willfully obfuscatory mindgame as in "Hey, they're trying to 
>> experiment on me, so I'm going to subvert the experiment."  Probably 
>> not.  Willfully obfuscatory mindgame as in "Hey, I'm about to be put 
>> under.  I wonder how long I can force myself to stay awake?"  
>> Possibly.  I've  tried this the handful of times I've been 
>> anesthetized (kind of wish it would happen more often.  Today, for 
>> instance.)

On 31/08/2005, jbor at bigpond.com responded:

> [...]
>
> While I agree that Slothrop is actively resisting the effect of the 
> drug, I'm not convinced that the point of the Sodium Amytal injection 
> is to put Slothrop to "sleep", or that that's what happens when one is 
> under the drug's influence. It's a "truth serum", isn't it? He's 
> resisting the intended effect of the drug -- that much is clear -- but 
> I don't agree that the intended effect is to put him to sleep. It's 
> pretty obviously an interrogation.
>
> [...]

OK? ok ...

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