GRGR(16): Jonathan Livingston Blobadjian
Peter Petto
ppetto at apk.net
Fri Dec 17 10:09:30 CST 1999
Jeremy Osner wrote:
>I'm not really sure what to say about the VTsK NTA story (I'm thinking
>bottom of p. 352 - bottom of p. 354) besides that I think it's one of
>the funniest bits in the book. I'm a bit puzzled by Blobadjian's seeming
>metamorphosis (p. 355) into a higher being. Is the entity that saves him
>from the ululating Arabists a Christian angel? Why does _he_ get to
>experience nirvana?
I'm not sure one could draw the conclusion that "you get what you deserve"
from reading GR, but I'd enjoy hearing what people think is going on at the
top of page 355.
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