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Thread #121822 Message #2668819
Posted By: Maryrrf
01-Jul-09 - 08:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: Sexual Infidelity
Subject: RE: BS: Sexual Infidelity
I agree to an extent, Janie. Ultimately however strong our emotions might be, we're responsible for our actions. But emotions can be very powerful. In some of the spiritual texts the emotions are likened to water, which can be calm or can turn into a raging, stormy sea and swamp a person's psyche. We're supposed to be able to rule our emotions with our minds, but sometimes we don't succeed. The thing that struck me about Sanford is that everyone described him as very cold - even 'asexual' and more interested in graphs and charts, logic, etc. He may be someone who ignored his emotional side for many years and when he did get in touch with it (and Maria seems to have been the trigger that unleashed it) it overwhelmed him.
NOf course he and only he is responsible for his actions, and he'll have to live with the consequences. The story would actually make an interesting novel.