I agree.
I wrote once about junkies being like monks. Like ascetics who actually do the thing we all have moral fear towards. They sacrifice themselves to stand as an example for the rest of us. J49 is like that for me. We might pity them, but we should also stand in a certain sort of awe of them, and respect them.Someonehas to go too far so the rest of us can take notes and, hopefully, make our own lives better off in the bigger picture based on what we've learned from what we've observed. Johnny is an ethical shock trooper. A true grunt. In the trenches reporting his findings to the rest of us.