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

[Paul Mackin]

On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Terrance F. Flaherty wrote:

> 
> 
> Paul Mackin wrote:
> > 
> > But here's something we all might agree on. Might it be said that both
> > Heller (RIP) and Pynchon (in GR) clearly wrote about at least ONE kind of
> > Evil, namely Existential Evil--the Evil consisting of the fact that we ALL
> > are "fucked" from the word go--one author in terms of military
> > regulations, the other based on Christian theology--P's equivalent to
> > "Catch 22" being "passed over."
> > 
> >                         P.
> 
> 
> Sorry to be such a pain in the ass, but this is one of the
> things I don't agree on. I think this is true up to GR, but
> I think that although "Existential Evil--the Evil consisting
> of the fact that we ALL are "fucked" from the word go--one
> author in terms of military  regulations, the other based on
> Christian theology--P's equivalent to
>  "Catch 22" being "passed over," is present in GR, there is
> a way out.

I wasn't trying to generalize the pessimistic view of man's fate beyond
GR.

What IS the way out, by the way?

			P.