----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Shilling" dshilling@worldnet.att.net To: "nublake" blakes7@lists.lysator.liu.se Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 2:10 AM Subject: [B7L] Take it To the Limit
Even though he's more of a Dr. Who fan, my boyfriend has seen B7, and made what I thought was a good point. If the Federation had only one limiter, or only a few, why not implant it in Blake, whose violent impulses were likely to cause a lot more damage than Gan's?
I presume this is because the limiter is used to control people who are unable to control their own violent impulses. Kayn implies as much when he says that the alternative to putting an implant in Gan's head is killing him. Blake is subjected to a different kind of treatment because he is rational, therefore he has to be brainwashed. Of course, Gan doesn't seem the type to have uncontrollable violent impulses (except in Breakdown) but this is surely a tribute to the device's effectiveness. Ironically, the Federation actually make Gan a more likely resister by putting the implant in him.
James