Whatever Happened, Happened

OK. It’s catch up time. This post should have gone out over a week ago…

In this episode, we are faced with the philosophical question, “If you could go back in time and kill Hitler (or in this case, Ben) when he was a child, would you?” (Sorry for succumbing to Godwin’s law there). Sayid, apparently, says “Yes”. Kate and Juliet say “No”, he is only a child, and not yet ‘evil’. If Jack is to be believed, he is not answering the question, choosing to hide behind the assertion that ‘whatever happened, happened’, and that no decision he makes will change that. This way, he can deny responsibility for Ben surviving, and also avoid the responsibility for killing him. A sort of ‘Have your cake and eat it, too’. Still, I would have to place Jack closer to the “Yes” side. Of course, Jack “IS” responsible, because by not helping Ben, the ‘Others’ helped him, and completed his turn to the dark side.