You're not being ignored. At least one person above answered you.
My take -- while it's certainly possible that Chase is merely covering for Cameron, I don't think so.
Cameron morally disapproves of Dibala. But I think her moral code would prevent her from committing murder. (Although I think Informed Consent was murder, not euthanasia, canon considers it the later.) She's certainly not shy about letting patients know when she disapproves of them. I didn't see any evidence of an air bubble in the syringe - we just have Dibala's accusation. As someone who has doubtless survived many assassination attempts, he could have some justifiable paranoia that he will be attacked by his enemies.
Chase is the one the young man told about his "wife." He was visibly shaken when he found out that the man was actually talking about acts that he had committed. He realized that there were more victims of Dibala's type of warfare than just the dead.
But I think the thing that pushed him to action was Dibala's telling him his plans. The man was flat-out scary during that speech. He left no doubt there would be not only hundreds of thousands more people murdered but also untold thousands of young men who would be victimized in the same way as the would-be assassin.
Finally, it's always been my impression (and I certainly might be wrong), that the concept of sacrificing oneself for the greater good is more likely to come from a faith-based morality than a purely ethical one.
I'm sorry, Noa, but I have to agree with Occam's Razor here. The right answer is the simplest one. Chase said he did it, Chase had reason to do it, Chase had the opportunity to do it, so Chase did it.
You're not being ignored. At least one person above answered you.
Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude or sound whiny. It's just that the only argument there is seems to be:
Cameron morally disapproves of Dibala. But I think her moral code would prevent her from committing murder. (Although I think Informed Consent was murder, not euthanasia, canon considers it the later.)
I also would consider this murder, Poeia, but that is indeed a different issue. What bothers me is the fact that no one considers the several points I have made in my post. The signed paper, for instance. Why would Chase be stupid enough to sign it in the first place? He must know that he faces consequences. He can't be that stupid to tell everyone about his whereabouts this very morning, can he?
Finally, it's always been my impression (and I certainly might be wrong), that the concept of sacrificing oneself for the greater good is more likely to come from a faith-based morality than a purely ethical one.
Being raised a Catholic, I can see Chases dilemma here. Killing someone, no matter how ethical the reasons, leads to consequences greater than a trial or prison sentence. He definately considers the killing, is most probably about to get into action, and in the next minute Cameron comes up to him telling him she decided to save Dibala. I cannot for the life of me see that Chase goes like "Heck, I'm gonna kill him anyway."
He should have talked to his wife. As always, the lack of communication between him and Cameron leads to desaster.
As I said, it is merely an opinion, and I don't claim to be right in the slightest, but it would be nice if there were more than just saying I'm wrong because Cameron is a whiny, weak and inconsequent hippocrite. In fact, I admire anyone for the courage to stop an evil doer, but I just don't see that Chase did it.
He should have talked to his wife. As always, the lack of communication between him and Cameron leads to desaster.
I think it will be really interesting to see what Cameron's reaction will be when Chase does tell her, given that she would have been fine with Dibala's countryman walking into the hospital room and killing him. I think Chase didn't talk it over with her for two reasons: 1. It was a very spur of the moment decision, and 2. Telling her would implicate her in the consequences. We definitely saw how much Chase loves Cameron in this episode, and I think he would be even more distraught if he knew that his actions could have legal ramifications for her. You could almost compare it to when House refused to tell Cuddy why he was ordering plastic surgery for his patient in "The Right Stuff." His personal reasons for it are up to your personal canon, but in the professional sense, House was absolutely right when he said: My explanation will make sense. Not to the board, not to a judge, but to you. So you'll let me do it. Then you're going to have to sit next to me at the administrative hearing.
Believe what you will about Chase's decision to end the tyrant's life, and goodness knows my opinion of it will probably go back and forth in the next few weeks, but I wouldn't blame it on not talking to Cameron. Chase knew that his actions would be incredibly controversial and the fewer implicated the better.
I liked Cuddy in The Tyrant episode, she was back to being like the old Cuddy of the first seasons, telling Cameron that she would rather have the woman who was being coerced into giving her blood suffer a needle jab than the death of her family. But then, she wasn't around House and there was very little Huddy. I'll wait till they start interacting again on a personal level before drawing any conclusions about how Cuddy is handling this.
I liked Cuddy in this episode, too, until I watched it the second time. I know that House can bring out the immature side of her, but Foreman seems to bring out a bad side to her as well. Foreman admitted that he fired Thirteen because he was in charge, and he said this in front of Cuddy, who apparently didn't protest. Don't get me wrong; I'm thrilled that Thirteen is fired - anything that gets her off my screen is fine with me, but how is this fair to Thirteen? Isn't that a lawsuit waiting to happen? When Cuddy tried to fire Thirteen for a very good reason (coming in stoned to work), House overruled her. Just how much power does Cuddy have? She can tell Cameron to "do your job," but am I to assume that she can't fire her? Of course not! If she has control over House and Foreman, she has control over everyone under them. Nothing else makes sense.
Cuddy's behavior toward Foreman is very strange. In Season 2, she gave Foreman power over House and even went so far as to ask if Foreman wanted to make it permanent, yet yanked the rug out from under him by the end of the episode and went so far as to agree with him in "Failure to Communicate" that she never had any intention of offering him the job permanently. She also gave the impression that she wanted him back to rein in House at the beginning of Season 4, yet shot him down - again - when he came to her to agree to her original terms. She waffles all over the place. I realize that he has to be grateful to her for giving him a job when nobody else would, but wouldn't he get tired of being jerked around? Except, of course, when she inexplicably allows him to fire Thirteen.
So, while it's great that a strong Cuddy told Cameron to do her job, she also allowed Foreman to fire Thirteen for a ridiculous reason. Obviously this firing won't stick either, dammit. :curse:
Fake veteran faces 'stolen valor' charge
On Friday, the FBI arrested him on the rare charge of "stolen valor."
Strandlof, 32, was held "for false claims about receipt of military decorations or medals," an FBI news release said. Charges had been filed in Denver, Colorado, the week before, the bureau said.
"The penalty for his crime is up to one year incarceration and a $100,000 fine," it said.
I'd swear I heard someone talk about this crime recently. Maybe as recently as last Monday. :rofl:
There have actually been a lot of those cases, including people claiming they were POWs and had multiple medals. There's also a concerted effort to
track and expose the fakers.
Last year, when House went to visit, wasn't Wilson's apartment in a large-ish brownstone? There are almost 50 mailboxes in the lobby.
And how on earth did House throw Chase's bachelor party there without Murphy calling the cops?
Murphy was out of town either to watch an away Canadian hockeygame or at a reunion of Canadian Vietnam vets. :-)
Last year, when House went to visit, wasn't Wilson's apartment in a large-ish brownstone? There are almost 50 mailboxes in the lobby.
And how on earth did House throw Chase's bachelor party there without Murphy calling the cops?
I wondered about the mailboxes, too. House told Lucas when they were spying on Wilson (and the hooker showed up) that there were only eight apartments in the building.
As for Murphy, maybe he moved in sometime after the bachelor party. Or as Boffle suggested, he was out of town. Or, more likely, the Continuity Fairy was -- hence the dozens of mailboxes.
