no, i was seriously asaking and then did a search to make sure i *hadn't* used that word,...b/c it's not at all what i was trying to get at.
unconscious guilt...and yes, i think it really is both in terms of his going low profile...the RL threat of the US government and a sort of self-punidhment...i don't think they're mutually exclusive (how much better to have a good&solid justification for doing what your unconscious drives you to do anyway???
Re: Rodney's motivation
Date: 2006-03-14 02:38 am (UTC)unconscious guilt...and yes, i think it really is both in terms of his going low profile...the RL threat of the US government and a sort of self-punidhment...i don't think they're mutually exclusive (how much better to have a good&solid justification for doing what your unconscious drives you to do anyway???
but yes!!! ethics seminar! you're so right!!!!