Because I'm v. tired, if you could do me the favor of saying *which* set of discussion you mean is about Lee being justified or not, vs what he's thinking, I would really appreciate it.
OTOH, whether *I* (or you, or my great aunt Sally) thinks he's justified, entirely or not, to break his word without visible concern over what that entails, is beside the point. Just as I think it's beside the point to decide if Adama was justified in lying to the fleet about knowing where earth was, or if Roslin was justified in dumping ol'whats-is-name for Baltar in the vp race -
- as you said, there are *no* good choices here. (And yeah, I'd love to debate the pros and cons.)
But if we're trying to decide if the actions seem justified from that character's pov, *and* we assume that the character is using logical reasoning to reach their decision, then I think some examination of what the facts of the matter are, as would appear to that character, and what he was thinking.
Justification
OTOH, whether *I* (or you, or my great aunt Sally) thinks he's justified, entirely or not, to break his word without visible concern over what that entails, is beside the point. Just as I think it's beside the point to decide if Adama was justified in lying to the fleet about knowing where earth was, or if Roslin was justified in dumping ol'whats-is-name for Baltar in the vp race -
- as you said, there are *no* good choices here. (And yeah, I'd love to debate the pros and cons.)
But if we're trying to decide if the actions seem justified from that character's pov, *and* we assume that the character is using logical reasoning to reach their decision, then I think some examination of what the facts of the matter are, as would appear to that character, and what he was thinking.
Am I making any sense?
- hg