From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!ihuxv!lew Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Freudian outrage Article-I.D.: ihuxv.280 Posted: Thu Sep 2 11:04:17 1982 Received: Sun Sep 5 05:26:06 1982 I think the reaction of outrage at Jo Jo's release shows a lot about our own inner workings. After all, there must be a hundred worse injustices perpetrated every day. Also, the reaction belies all of our usual rationales for incarceration (rehabilitaion, protection of society) and shows it to be irrationally motivated. I believe this outrage is as Freudian as can be. Jo Jo represents our own dark side. Deep down, we know ourselves to be capable of atrocities such as Jo Jo actually committed. His release triggered a fear that our own darker sides were threatening to break out. Putting him back in prison made us feel secure again, but from ourselves. His gross obesity makes him the perfect symbol of the id and is the key to the whole phenomenon. Lew Mammel, Jr. - BTL Indian Hill