[Dragaera] "Work" and money

[Davdi Silverrock]

On 10/16/06, Howard Brazee wrote:
> Davdi Silverrock wrote:
>
> >On 10/16/06, Howard Brazee wrote:
> >
> >
> >>   People take on new high-paid jobs until they are tired.
> >>   More money and more achievements are addictive.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >However, Cawti is not otherwise portrayed as a greedy
> >adrenaline-addict thrill-killing sociopath, and it is her character I
> >was trying to analyze.
> >
> >
> 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.

Someone who so easily dehumanizes his murder victims that all he
thinks of the process of turning a living, thinking fellow human into
a corpse is just a challenge to be enjoyed, is practically the
textbook definition of a sociopath.