I rode a tank, held a general's rank, when the blitzkrieg raged

[Terrance]

David Morris wrote:
> 
> OK, and Franky and King Kong had their reasons also.  But I don't think this
> would disqualify Blicero either.

Blicero is not disqualified for not sharing some of the
characteristics of the Badass. We are all a little bit of a
Badass, well maybe not W. The point is that he not what P
describes in the essay. The more important point is that he
not even close to being a luddite. 



> 
> >he is usually male, universally admired by men
> 
> This one doesn't fly.  There are MANY men that HATE the Badass.  That's why
> he's usually killed off.

In your definition perhaps, but not in P's. 



> 
> >P turns what he calls Luddite fiction and this is where is becomes very
> >clear that B/W is not a Badass and Mick Jagger is not even in the book.
> 
> This doesn't fly either, because this letter doesn't mention GR, so any
> Badass discussion which applies this letter has to remain open.

In answer to your question here and kai's, although I did
know that Jagger was mentioned in GR, so thanks for the
correction, I was not talking about GR. Sorry, I should have
cut that off and saved for the second post.