VLVL "Karmic adjustment"

[jbor]

on 18/12/03 6:14 AM, Terrance wrote:

> At first, Takeshi's notion of KA is not even known to DL. He may not
> even know what KA is exactly either, but he's certain that people will
> pay him for it, even though most of his clients don't have a pot to piss
> in. 

Yes. It's part-scam and part-psychotherapy as well. The analogies Takeshi
makes are to garbage men, plumbers and mop hands (170-1). It's explained in
more detail on pp. 173-4 where we see Takeshi doing some pro bono work for
Ortho Bob, and again on p. 177 where he and DL are servicing Vato and Blood,
who call Takeshi "Doc". Takeshi dishes out "white diamonds" -- uppers --
from the "Karmology Clinic" on request. (179)

I don't think that DL is as confident as Takeshi is about his "immunity".

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> I agree that KA is not clearly defined but we can get a pretty good idea
> from the book. Try page 172 for starters.
> 
> And it was this unscheduled layover in Shade Creek ... that got them
> into the KA Business.
> 
> They get he business going when they end up in Thanatoid Land, Shade
> Creek and early on most of their clients are Thanatoids.
> 
> They hear testimony about acts of betrayal and dispossession.
>
> At first, Takeshi's notion of KA is not even known to DL. He may not
> even know what KA is exactly either, but he's certain that people will
> pay him for it, even though most of his clients don't have a pot to piss
> in. 
> 
> Takeshi, we know, is prone to grandiosity and he believes he has some
> sort of "immunity" (reminds me Fariña's BDSL).
> 
> He compares the KA business to Insurance. He says it's like Insurance
> only different. 173