[Dragaera] Irresistible Force vs. Immovable Object (Was Re: Unstoppable Force vs Immovable Object)

[Jerry Friedman]

--- Davdi Silverrock <davdisil at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/16/06, Maximilian Wilson wrote:
> > On 11/16/06, Howard Brazee wrote:
...

> > >  At that point in time,
> > > she believed that her input wasn't the best for the empire.
> 
> In other words, she was uninterested in elucidating the truth.  Which
> was my point.
...

> > If she kept her mouth
> > shut in spite of knowing what was going on, that indicates some kind
> > of (dis-)interest in the outcome of the investigation.
> >
> 
> Sure.  She was present, with the Orb, as a favor to House Jhereg, not
> because she herself was conducting the investigation, or felt any need
> to sway its outcome one way or the other.

There's another point.  The Emperor doesn't rule absolutely, as
Zerika explains to Vlad in /Phoenix/, and that's especially true
of a reborn Phoenix.  She may have good political reasons not to
interfere with the Justicers even when they're inexcusably
incompetent or corrupt or lax.

Jerry Friedman


 
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