They picked the wrong people to make examples out of.
[ Contractors would readily see the punishment as a threat. Look at what we could do to them, to you. But she can already tell that many are angered as a result. Anger turns one irrational and dangerous. ]
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honestly, looking back, a lot of things. it boils down to not paying enough attention and letting things slip past. my head wasn't in the game.
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You were made an example of.
FROM: amber@cdc.org
The mistake doesn't equal the punishment, I don't think.
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i can't disagree with either of those points.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
considering our employers, though, perhaps it felt necessary to them
[ He's not excusing them by any means, but it's a possible logic. ]
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They picked the wrong people to make examples out of.
[ Contractors would readily see the punishment as a threat. Look at what we could do to them, to you. But she can already tell that many are angered as a result. Anger turns one irrational and dangerous. ]
FROM: amber@cdc.org
I trust you're not thinking of revenge.
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Maybe, maybe not.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
I'm too tired for revenge. I had my taste once. That was enough.
[ It wasn't really, but this anger is slow to burn. ]
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Revenge is unlike a Contractor, anyhow.
FROM: amber@cdc.org
I expected them to know that torturing people like us is pointless. Illogical. I would have thought they knew that.
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They don't think like we do, Amber. They're not human, but they seem to express themselves similarly.
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Hardly. They seem more similar to us somehow.
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You think so? I think it was a risky maneuver.
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We've been known to take risks.
FROM: amber@cdc.org
I think the punishments were calculated. Not emotional.
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I just wonder what results they were trying to yield.
FROM: 11.november@cdc.org
On this large of a scale? Not many Contractors would go for it.