sandbaggers: Burnside as hero

Burnside as hero

p.nussman@genie.geis.com
Mon, 18 Sep 95 02:20:00 UTC

Jonathan Tracy wrote:

>>>I don't know if this is actually an active list--I haven't seen any
posts since I joined a week ago. I just wondered if everyone agreed
with me that Burnside was, fundamentally, heroic (if tragically so)--
sacrificing personal happiness and the comfort of an unburdened
conscience for his ideal of duty. I was also wondering if everyone
else enjoyed as much as I did the friendship/suspicion/manipulation
interaction between Burnside and his ex-father-in-law.<<<<<<

It has been quiet for I don't know how long, Jonathan, but it's good to see
someone posting. You're rather rare in seeing Burnside as heroic, I fear--
lots of people can't stand him at all--but I do agree with you. The man
kept being run through the very worst of no-win scenarios and managed
somehow to survive it...but only just barely.

Wellingham, yes. I couldn't help liking him, even though I considered him
much more calculating and manipulating than Neil could be even on his worst
days. Sometimes I thought Wellingham saw Neil as basically good material,
but too naive to ever rise to the top. Kind of boggles the mind to think of
someone so cynical that he could consider Burnside naive!


Pat Nussman p.nussman@genie.geis.com