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To: Lane3 who wrote (229)7/17/2001 6:12:36 PM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 466
 
Just reread it- it doesn't seem to be a moral injection though
First thought- it's an extension of the same external social structure he (and it sounds like Raymond)accept in order to get through life. The Etiquette of Shooting Someone. Like he knows shooting without SOME motivation is rude.
"He hasn't said anything yet. It'd be lousy to shoot him like that."
And Raymond says, "So I'll call him something, and when he answers back, I'll let him have it."
"Right, but if he doesn't draw his knife, you can't shoot."

After he has the gun, he says-

It was then that I realized that you could either shoot or not shoot.
I don't know what that means. That there are choices?
Why did he go back?