Episode 7 Discussion [rewatch]

[Silktie]

(01-03-2010 09:32 AM)Tea Lady Wrote:  I think I am with YFM on this one. There was no way that JJ would have fitted into the education system, at his age and with his "street ways". Imagine him just being slotted into a course at a Cambridge College. He would have been an outsider. He would have been treated as such and felt as such, and probably would have walked away from it within days.

True, but there is more than one way to get an education. Since MI5 owed JJ big time, I'm sure he could have gotten them to sponsor some or other tailor made education for him. What irks me is the fact that he wasn't even willing to give it a go, when many other kids would have given anything for that opportunity.

And I agree absolutely that using a 14 year old was a terrible thing to do, and that it cannot be justified. But then I ask myself whether I would have wanted the Chinese to have that weapon, and my answer to that is a very definite no as well. So I'm very happy that I wasn't in Harry's shoes, because if you're the one that has to make the decision between these two choices I'm not sure that it remains as clear-cut as it is for us standing on the sideline.