Chasing ... Cutting

[David Morris]

>From: Terrance Flaherty
>
>A stereotype, yes, as Dave was trying to demonstrate, the text is loaded 
>with stereotypes--- the polish undertaker, the inscrutable Japanese, the 
>opium eating Chinese,  and so on.

My 2 cents:
Terrance's reply above pretty well summarizes the problem that TRP 
constantly puts before his readers.  The characters and situations are USED 
in various ways to convey symbolic meaning, and to force "reality" on them 
is to miss the point entirely.  Terrance's overlaying them with meanings 
that are unattractive is entirely in line with the way they were meant to be 
USED.

I won't at this point try to interpret (deconstruct?) the message contained 
in the liberated gays' worship of Blicero.  Maybe later.  But they do seem 
analogous to the SOS Hereros as a kind of pathology generated in response to 
an extended and intense abuse at the hands of an overwhealming power, which 
is again pretty much what Terrance has said.  It ISN'T a pretty picture, and 
we're ALL degenerates.

BTW Doug,
Sometimes I like what you post, too.
Kissy-Kissy,
David Morris
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