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Date Posted: Saturday, March 05, 01:56:46pm
Author: JayBee
Subject: Re: It took me awhile to get back to this topic
In reply to: sk 's message, "It took me awhile to get back to this topic" on Friday, March 04, 09:51:07am

I can imagine a situation in which she might have believed she didn't have any other option, and this utilitarian policy is a big part of that. If she thought that Jones was really going to review Section, and apply the same kind of criteria to her that she had applied to other operatives in the past, I can believe that she might choose to take her own life rather than have it done for her.

Yes, exactly. And in that sense one can see it as an assertion of pride and self-esteem, and thus in some ways even admirable.

I was never upset or annoyed at the suicide so much as the circumstances (that is, the mole scenario) that led to it. I was kind of proud of Madeline for giving Jones the finger, metaphorically, and for finding a way out that preserved her dignity. Begging and pleading that her life be spared, or even waiting to see what his decision would be, would have been beneath her.

But this all assumes she didn't have any other options, which I refuse to believe. *g*

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