GRGR(11) - PFP#2

Murthy Yenamandra yenamand at cs.umn.edu
Wed Oct 6 10:58:57 CDT 1999


David Morris rephrases:
> ----------
> (241.23) Proverbs for Paranoids, 2:  The innocence of the creatures is in 
> inverse proportion to the immorality of the Master.
> [...]
> Thus PFP#2 could be rephrased:
> "The more innocent the creature being controlled, the more immoral the 
> Master."  Slothrop was controlled as an infant, all innocence...

But the proportion is inverse - so it should say:

"The more immoral the Master, the less innocent the creatures."

Murthy

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Murthy Yenamandra                  mailto:yenamand at cs.umn.edu
Dept of Computer Science           University of Minnesota
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