Regarding Blue Avenger
Since the book covers some philisophical issues, I'll accept that this might be deliberate, but still wish to rant about a character's failure of logic.
Dear Omaha Nebraska Brown,
Your brother is in his twenties, mostly illiterate, and currently in prison for shooting a friend to death while drunk. You still think he's an awesome brother and love him nonetheless? Sure, no problem there.
But you've started a mission to prove that he's genetically prone to violence and thus it wasn't his fault.
Er.
This isn't a good thing. What, exactly, would it achieve? I remember watching a video in high school about a guy in prison who was found to be genetically prone to violence -- and denied bail because of it. If your brother is proven to be genetically prone to violence, there would be no benifit. There wouldn't even be a moral advantage, as he was still responsable for killing a friend. Actually, it would indicate a tendancy toward stupid violence -- killing in self defense or turning to crime simply to stay alive is still more reasonable than an illogical killing in a moment of blind rage.
I suppose it's possible that a treatment might be developed for his condition, but genetic therapy is still quite a ways in the future. It's possible he'll never live to see it happen.
Dear Omaha Nebraska Brown,
Your brother is in his twenties, mostly illiterate, and currently in prison for shooting a friend to death while drunk. You still think he's an awesome brother and love him nonetheless? Sure, no problem there.
But you've started a mission to prove that he's genetically prone to violence and thus it wasn't his fault.
Er.
This isn't a good thing. What, exactly, would it achieve? I remember watching a video in high school about a guy in prison who was found to be genetically prone to violence -- and denied bail because of it. If your brother is proven to be genetically prone to violence, there would be no benifit. There wouldn't even be a moral advantage, as he was still responsable for killing a friend. Actually, it would indicate a tendancy toward stupid violence -- killing in self defense or turning to crime simply to stay alive is still more reasonable than an illogical killing in a moment of blind rage.
I suppose it's possible that a treatment might be developed for his condition, but genetic therapy is still quite a ways in the future. It's possible he'll never live to see it happen.