Posted by Sterling on 4/4/2008, 10:32:30, in reply to "Re: Pain"
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Very cleverly put, Steven. 
Was your choice of Turgenev for your example a hint nudging us toward a discussion of Home of the Gentry ?
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: How would Ivan Turgenev answer this question?
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: The problem is that the poor peasants are suffering
: [your injury], but the rest of Russia doesn't know or
: care. So Turgenev writes a series of stories called A
: Sportsman's Notebook. The book is the message [your
: pain] that alerts the public [you] to the injustice.
: But Tsar Nicholas [your doctor] doesn't want people
: stirred up over this, so he has his secret police
: [your drugs] suppress the book and throw Turgenev into
: prison and later into exile.
:
: The censors [drugs] can edit the story [reduce the
: pain] or suppress it altogether [stop the pain]. But
: though the book no longer reaches its readership, it
: still exists, which prompts the further action of
: exiling the author.
:
: So, philosophically speaking, I think the pain still
: exists because it continues to motivate you to take
: action even while it isn't being felt.
:
: In the meantime, a new Tsar [doctor] Alexander II
: comes along, reads the book and, instead of punishing
: the messenger, frees the serfs [cures the ailment].
: Let us at least hope that is what happens in your
: case.
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