[Dragaera] "Work" and money

[Howard Brazee]

Davdi Silverrock wrote:

>On 10/16/06, Howard Brazee wrote:
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>>>On 10/15/06, Howard Brazee wrote:
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>>>>On 10/12/2006 3:21 PM Davdi Silverrock wrote:
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>>>>>Well, why does any assassin take more than one high-priced job, if
>>>>>that job would keep them comfortable for years, if spent carefully?
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>>>>>They either want the money for themselves, or for some other purpose,
>>>>>or they need the money, or have some other motivation.
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>>>>I guess you believe assassins are a subclass of those people who have
>>>>all the money they will ever want.
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>>>I don't see how you can infer that from what I wrote.  The case of
>>>"want the money for themselves" includes those who just want more
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>>I'm responding to the top line above.
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>The top line was a rhetorical question [1], so that I could respond
>with the answers that immediately followed so to cover various
>possibilities.  And "some other motivation" covers pretty much
>anything and everything, including the greed and achievement-addiction
>you suggested below.
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>Perhaps I could have worded it a bit better so as to make it clear
>that the use of "or" was not meant to be exclusive.
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>>   People take on new high-paid jobs until they are tired.
>>   More money and more achievements are addictive.
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>That's no doubt true of some assassins.  I certainly wouldn't rule out
>sociopaths like Tom Cruise's character Vincent in "Collateral" as
>having that motivation, for example.
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>However, Cawti is not otherwise portrayed as a greedy
>adrenaline-addict thrill-killing sociopath, and it is her character I
>was trying to analyze.
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One doesn't have to be a sociopath, enjoying killing for killing's sake 
to enjoy the challenge of doing your job well - certain challenges will 
still be tempting.   And certain purses.

It appears to be a job.