GRGR(4): Episode 12

Jeremy Osner jeremy at xyris.com
Mon Jun 21 11:42:16 CDT 1999



David Morris wrote:

> Don't you mean it's the one he accepted (not chose), very passively at that?
>

Yes. But the _policeman_ chose it.

>
> >The question "why?" is almost always meaningful even
> >if (especially if) you can't find an answer.
>
> I very much agree w/ you here.  In this regard I'd say the "why" question is
> "Why'd the lunatic accept such an absurd name?"
>
> The question would be a very small one except for a passage further into the
> reading where Katje also accepts a suggestion with complete passivity
> saying, "[blank] is fine."  Why indeed?

Wow. Thanks for pointing that out.




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