Mindless

Tresy Kilbourne tresyk at halcyon.com
Mon Feb 26 14:26:37 CST 1996


That's the quote I had in mind. Close enough, don't you think? Thanks.

>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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