GRGR (2) "great bright hand"

[rj]

DudiousMax at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Yo Dude:
>               Right on, right on, RIGHT ON.  And if we see Pointsman as
> standing for all those isms that ally themselves with control (Pavlov,
> Skinner, behaviorism, & Calvinism, Puritanism, Nazism) we find him the
> embodiment of "totalitarianism."  In good Menippean form Roger Mexico should
> stand for anti-controlism, stochasticism, spontaneity, psychological systems
> that have room for more than "stimulus-response" mechanics, etc.  Call Roger
> "anti-totalitarianism" and watch for it as the band plays on.
>           By totalitarianism I mean: the individual is totally subject to the
> absolute state authority, in all aspects of life, and should be made to
> participate in the productive capacity of the state, even if (and especially
> if) by coercive measures like terrorism, censorship, imprisonment and state
> murder.  This is a definition I cobbled together from dictionaries and
> poly-sci books.  IMHO it is central to reading this book.  To varying
> degrees, various characters play out this definition, while others are
> victimized by it.  

Sounds more like _Animal Farm_ to me. Then again . . . Where'ns th'
shotgun, ma? Gonna bag me one of tham thar Louisian' swamp varmints fer
our supper . . . 
Here Frodo, here boy . . .