RARA-AVIS: Re: Welcome to Vicki Hendricks, guest of honour

From: Dave Zeltserman ( davezelt@comcast.net)
Date: 08 Apr 2005

>
> But all that actually happens is that Haskell, the man who gave Al a
> ride, dies of a heart attack. If somebody who had given me a ride
> died of a heart attack, I'd call an ambulance. But Al somehow
manages
> to work out that if he walks away from the car (the only 'honest'
> course of action he sees as being available to him), somebody else
> will come along and steal it, and the police will claim that he did
> it. So he decides he might as well steal it anyway, along with
> Haskell's wallet and other belongings. What happens to Al after that
> is pretty much inevitable, but he has nobody to blame but himself.
>

Not exactly what happens - Haskell hits his head when he falls out of the car. Al knows he'll be accused of a murder, and won't be able to prove otherwise if he's found with the body. All of his actions that lead to his doom are all just bad dumb luck. This was fate, not his own actions sealing his doom.

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