Mindless

Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt hag at iafrica.com
Mon Feb 26 11:06:03 CST 1996


Tresy Kilbourne writes:

> Before the discussion goes too far afield, remember that the phrase 
> actually occurs once in GR. I don't have the reference handy, but it's in 
> a positive context. Despite the laborious undertaking that is GR, it's 
> always struck me that TRP approves of what the Church of the Subgenius 
> calls "slack" as a subversive antidote to thanatropic society.

How about WW2 having made some "wrong" and "insane" assertions, 
attempting to build these into the new Postwar firmament:
"that we are meant for work, for government, for austerity: and these 
shall take priority over love, dreams, the spirit, the senses and the other 
second-class trivia that are found among the idle and mindless hours of 
the day... " (GR, 177).

hg
hag at iafrica.com



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