"Shock and Awe"

[David Gentle]

> --- David Gentle  One of the more
> > obvious points in GR is that the V2 attacks,
> > unlike tomahawks, are random.
> > David Gentle
>
>
> hmmmm, not sure that's right. Are they RANDY UM or is
> there a poisoned pattern or what?
>
"What".

> Shivering so hard poor Slothrop can't even keep a fag
> in his mouth cause maybe the penis he thought was his
> own is a rocket with his name on it. And that ain't
> random, Jackson.
>
You know I got the impression from somewhere (possibly reading the book) that the whole predictive
power of Slothrops sexual needs was something that Pointsmen deluded himself about and that somehow
it was all a big mistake.

> Ah, operational paranoia. Like the cops might be at
> the bottom of my steps. yup and looks like they've got
> that dossier Doug;s family lawyer put together
> ...quick ... into my Moniker (accent on the spanish
> O), thanks mi amore, wuz great for me too ...  so I'll
> just climb out the fire escape here. But ...  oh ...
> what's this? He's climbing up to the roof. Some sort
> of random reflex I guess.
They will attack from points that you cannot predict. The V2 is obviously power and fury with
minimal control. Perhaps you could see the Tomahawk as a similar metaphor for America and it's
justice as it descends on you from Doug above.

David Gentle