GRGR (15): Good & Evil: Utilitarianism

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

David Morris wrote:

> 
> This also ties in with the U.S. "10-year-plan" mentioned when Wimpe &
> Tchitcherine meet:  Kill pain w/o addiction (the messy uncontrolled
> side-effect), called by Tchitcherine "trafficing in pain."  With
> Tchitcherine, we seem to have a character (like Slothrop & all the other
> "fringers") who's embraced the unsanctioned utility of drugs: recreational
> escape, though it's unclear if this is ultimately also to Their benefit.


Oneirine can alter perceptions of Time. As I suggested in
our LSD discussions (oh no, no Terrance don't), though I am
not "FIXED" on this, there are a few instances in
Pynchon--Tchitcherine's and Enzian's questioning of the
legitimacy of the System while under the influence and
Zoyd's X-Ray vision in VL---that seem to qualify, what I
think is a general condemnation of the use of drugs as
"mindless pleasures." 


Happiness is a warm gun, bang, bang, shoot, shoot...I need a
fix cause I'm going down....