>Ed Tonry [says:]
>>Because her desire is to wipe out the rival clan, and not just kill the
>>few who actually killed her husband, we must treat her as psychotic.
>Nonsense. Just because she is violating the law (assuming that Orlanthi
>Law, as Icelandic, doesn't justify killing a murderer's kin) doesn't >make her psychotic -- it just makes her an outlaw.
Actually, I was thinking that the scope of her desire for revenge made her psychotic. A normal person seeking vengeance might not quibble about a few innocents getting killed because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. But starting off wanting to murder the whole clan is a bit much - even Egil Skallagrimmson wasn't _that_ bloodthirsty.
Other than that, I think we agree pretty closely on the choices available to everyone, and the results.
Ed Tonry
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