Ectoplasm
Paul Mackin
mackin at allware.com
Mon Feb 17 19:53:47 CST 1997
> From: Henry M <gravity at nicom.com> (concerning the Counterforce)
> FWIW, I don't see this fab four as really being against anything in
> particular, anything you could give a name to. Nor do they seek
> followers, i.e. they aren't dogmatic machines, but are instead organic
> individuals. All this in contrast to AH (no, not Hitchcock) and to the
> fab four's deliberately unspecified enemies. I would guess that those
> enemies would be both more general, such as "control," and specific,
> such as a "bad guy."
Yes, I agree. THAT element is basic.
Capitalism qua capitalism was never the issue.
Not exactly a pretext either.
More like a . . . (er, I can't remember).
Anyway, it's the existential predicament that awes us.
Just checking to see if you were paying attention, Henry. :-)
P.
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