And, to my utmost surprise (and mild annoyance), I'm on the female side. I might be slightly narrow-minded here, but I believe that there's only one right side in this matter, and that side has no gender. The fact that most females happen to be on that side has nothing to do with greater percipience in general, but with a greater sensitivity for violence that's aimed at women, which is hardly all that surprising. Anyone with the slightest instinct for self-preservation reacts subconsciously to violence towards his/her sub-group; gays will react to homophobia, ethnic minorities to racism, etc. I have no problems if someone doesn't automatically register the implications of that last scene; I do, however, object very strongly if any person, on analysing that scene, decides to ignore what scores of women can testify to, choosing to justify House's behaviour by stating that Cuddy's previous or present behaviour begs for such a response. This is the reason why practically all human societies have some form of 'legal' system that takes revenge out of the hands of individuals and places it in the hands of a neutral authority. Defending someone who takes 'justice' into his own hands is a giant step backwards into the Dark Ages.
Altogether, I've decided to behave as a responsible beta reader would to an overenthusiastic beginner: I rewrote from scratch the most obviously OoC parts. I'm going to ignore everything that happened in Season 7, and probably about half of Season 6. Makes me feel better, too.
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Date: 2011-05-27 07:38 pm (UTC)And, to my utmost surprise (and mild annoyance), I'm on the female side.
I might be slightly narrow-minded here, but I believe that there's only one right side in this matter, and that side has no gender. The fact that most females happen to be on that side has nothing to do with greater percipience in general, but with a greater sensitivity for violence that's aimed at women, which is hardly all that surprising. Anyone with the slightest instinct for self-preservation reacts subconsciously to violence towards his/her sub-group; gays will react to homophobia, ethnic minorities to racism, etc. I have no problems if someone doesn't automatically register the implications of that last scene; I do, however, object very strongly if any person, on analysing that scene, decides to ignore what scores of women can testify to, choosing to justify House's behaviour by stating that Cuddy's previous or present behaviour begs for such a response. This is the reason why practically all human societies have some form of 'legal' system that takes revenge out of the hands of individuals and places it in the hands of a neutral authority. Defending someone who takes 'justice' into his own hands is a giant step backwards into the Dark Ages.
Altogether, I've decided to behave as a responsible beta reader would to an overenthusiastic beginner: I rewrote from scratch the most obviously OoC parts.
I'm going to ignore everything that happened in Season 7, and probably about half of Season 6. Makes me feel better, too.