the destructive element

Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Tue Dec 11 09:42:07 CST 2001


Eeeek, the Love Bomb. We're all gonna die.

        P.


Doug Millison wrote:

> "how does one go about getting rid of the destructive element?"
>
> Wrong question.  You don't get rid of it.  You smother it in love. How and
> why this works remains a mystery, but it does.
> The Beatles said it well:  All you need is love.
>
> You can also choose not to inflict unnecessary destruction and cause more
> suffering, when you've got enough information to make that choice.  This,
> along with the natural cycle of life and death, is obvious in Pynchon's
> books, too.




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