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Good points, but...
Written by Lia
(10/3/2005 2:15 p.m.)
in consequence of the missive, Two things that have always bugged me a bit., penned by Faith R
Also, I think FW is momentarily paralyzed because he does feel responsible for what happened, and as has been pointed out, this is not a situation of his sailors who have volunteered (more or less) for naval duty and know the risks. He certainly would have been familiar with family notification and all the attendant distress. We hear of this in Harville's account of how CW told Benwick of Fanny's death, and we saw it previously when he talked about Dick Musgrove with Mrs. M. I don't know whether it might have consciously crossed his mind at the moment (though I bet it would at least be a subconscious thought) --that Mr. and Mrs. Musgrove might now have lost two children. And...men seem to react more strongly when women are injured/hurt than when men are, presumably because men are/were conditioned to be protectors of women. (Presumably they can be/are trained out of this distinction in the modern military setting, where it can be disruptive to good order.) I don't see this at all as a PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) type of situation, though.
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