People lie all the time when they rear the consequences of
the truth. If that makes someone crazy then we're all nuts.
Even little children lie. Psychotics exhibit symptoms like
hallucinations and thought disorders. A psychotic doesn't
think she's lying, and there's the big difference. Brigid
doesn't see things that aren't there, and her actions, to me,
seems more Machiavellian than they do crazy. She's playing
for keeps, and she has an ends justify the means
philosophy.
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Nathan Cain <
IndieCrime@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I disagree. I think Brigid was acting
rationally
>> when sh deceived
>> Spade and Archer.
>
> The only rationality in O'Shaunghnessy's behavior
is
> on her own terms. Every day private detectives
are
> asked to recover missing or stolen items. Cairo
comes
> into Spades office and tells him what he wants him
to
> locate. Now the idea of also mugging him in his
own
> office shows that Cairo is also out of touch but
he's
> trying. O'Shaunghnessy comes in with a half-baked
tale
> about a sister who doesn't exist. We have no reason
to
> think Floyd Thursby is a killer except
that
> O'Shaughnessy tells us he is. Spade quickly
susses
> that Thursby and Jacoby think they're helping a
damsel
> in distress. She's completely crazy. The fact that
she
> MAY profit from her scheme if she can pull it off
in
> no way mitigates her delusion. Most psychotics
do
> profit from their illness. On the other hand,
does
> O'Shaughnessy have any idea what she'll do with
the
> Falcon if she gets it? How she'll sell it? Sell
it
> back to the Greek they stole it from? On
these
> questions, the book is silent. Manipulating
your
> mother into marrying a millionaire is greedy
scheming.
> Murdering people to acquire a "dingus" is
completely
> delusional.
>
>> Now, on a certain level, I do agree with you
about
>> the people pursuing
>> the Falcon being a bit nuts. They're obsessed,
but I
>> don't think
>> they're psychotic. Their actions make too
much
>> sense.
>
> Well, I've given you my definition of psychotic
fairly
> extensively and these folks fit the shoe. What's
your
> definition of psychotic? How crazy do people have
to
> be in your book? These people are about as
delusional
> as people can be without blabbering. One can
argue
> that much of Guttman's condescending diatribe
is
> blabbering. How do you think his "history of
the
> Falcon" played during his trial? Ted Bundy is
saner
> than any of these Falcon hunters!
>
> Patrick King
>
>
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