I don't think you need to be redeemed. Some inmates do, but you don't really. I think you just need help. And you weren't getting it as a warden. And you knew that.
[Quentin asked for help, before it all went down - told the rest of the wardens he wasn't handling things okay - and hadn't gotten a response. Not enough of one.]
That sounds awful to say.
[A little bit for your own good, a little bit you chose this. Neither is remotely just. Neither is completely wrong.]
But my point is - I don't think they're categories that are, are even trying to be about something you are. 'Redeemed' is easy for us to write on a pamphlet, even though we all know there aren't really any generalizations that work. Easy for him to say when he's being a flippant jackass at people yelling at him. But they're just - different jobs. Different limitations, but different support, too. They've never really been black and white, even if they are...binary. They're just the categories the barge has for how to deal with people.
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Date: 2017-10-28 08:16 pm (UTC)[Quentin asked for help, before it all went down - told the rest of the wardens he wasn't handling things okay - and hadn't gotten a response. Not enough of one.]
That sounds awful to say.
[A little bit for your own good, a little bit you chose this. Neither is remotely just. Neither is completely wrong.]
But my point is - I don't think they're categories that are, are even trying to be about something you are. 'Redeemed' is easy for us to write on a pamphlet, even though we all know there aren't really any generalizations that work. Easy for him to say when he's being a flippant jackass at people yelling at him. But they're just - different jobs. Different limitations, but different support, too. They've never really been black and white, even if they are...binary. They're just the categories the barge has for how to deal with people.