MDMD(4) (Re: gallows, slavery, ect)

[David Casseres]

Steve Maas sez
>I think P.'s repeating with variations a theme from GR (quoted yesterday
>by Murthy)--the theme of colonies (or in this case slavery) functioning as
>"the outhouses of the European soul," and so on (GR p.317).  I think he's
>saying that without the Gallows, the Ultimate Power, this function will
>not be fully realized, rendering slavery "hollow and Waste."

Right on the money.  Without the gallows, i.e. the ultimate domination of 
murder with impunity, slavery would be *meaningless.*  One hears a 
European voice saying with some indignation "Well what the hell is the 
point of slavery if you can't hang them?"


Cheers,
David