VLVL(6) - the genius of Brock - WAS - The Children of the 60's
Neil Conaty
nconaty at juno.com
Thu Dec 10 15:49:31 CST 1998
On Thu, Sebastian writes modestly:
>Some "Thoughts of a dry brain in a dry season."
>
>Brock directs his 'genius' not at
>the 10% who are in it for real ("we always knew how to deal with
>them"), but ot the other 90%--"amateurs, consumers, short attention
>spans, out there for the thrills, pick up a chick, score some dope,
>nothing political." (270.28-.29). These are the corruptible ones,
>"easy to turn and cheap to develop." (269.12-.13)
>
This is, of course, incredibly obvious and maybe even done to death
already, but I haven't been keeping up with my p-list reading.
How does Brock know that Frenesi is in the 90%, that she's not really in
it for real. He knows there is a possibiIity of turning her the first
time he sees her, even knows 'bout her fetish (201.16 'Then a man in a
uniform, with a big pistol, would have to make you come.') I get the
feeling he wouldn't waste ten seconds on DL, even though she sez she's
only in it to bust heads.
He wouldn't make the same mistake human Hector made with Zoyd and waste
any time on him. Despite outward appearance and nonpolitical status, Z is
in it (his [extended] family) for real.
That Brock, he's a regular sorting machine.
-Neil
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