perspective detective

[David Morris]

>From: Paul Mackin

>And yes Them/Us is but a two dimensional  abstraction we tend to apply to 
>various human situations on an ad hoc basis and always from a position of 
>weakness and vulnerability, a position that tends to shift over time so 
>that total retraction or withdrawal from such accusations will likely be 
>necessary at the most inopportune time. Are not McH and W correct in 
>implying that Slothrop cannot with any permanence be classed as either Them 
>or Us?

(Not having read McH) I think Slothrop is (at least one of) the most "We" 
charcter in GR, being (at least one of) the most abused.  And he does 
become, for a while at least, the emblem of the Counterforce, which is the 
"We-system" conceived to fight Them.  How does he become "They?"

DM
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