GRGR (15): Good & Evil (was Enzian...)

[jporter]

Paul, yesterday:

>Gosh, I've got to demur a teensy bit here. Pederasty and messing up
>demented old men may WELL be evil in the abstract. In the novel these
>things constitute mere play of the imagination. I know Pudding dies (too
>much escherichia coli (sp)) and who knows what happens to the girls, but
>eeevil??? No way, IMHO.

I agree.

>Here's a question for you casuists out there. What is the significance of
>Slothrop NOT having sex with the girl with the doll with the lapislazuli
>eyes? (hope this isn't too gross)


Hmmm. Tough one. That would be kind of like culture "screwing"
civilization, just at the dawn of civilization. I mean, in their stately
dance sometimes they overlap, but as Slothrop discovered, neither can claim
the lead.

Besides she's just a figure; the "tiny frost flower" of her hand, fragile,
like cuneiform.

jody